אַרְבָּעִים₁₃₆ plural noun indeclinable a forty; —

1 sine num. al.:

a. usually apposition before noun, especially שָׁנָה, יוֺם (singular): אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה Judges 3:11; 1 Samuel 4:18; Amos 2:10; Amos 5:25 29t.;יוֺם ׳א Genesis 7:17; 1 Kings 19:8; Jonah 3:4 6t.,יוֺם ׳א לַיְלָה ׳וְא Genesis 7:4,12; Exodus 24:18 7t.; also בַּת ׳א 1 Kings 7:38, גָּמָל ׳א 2 Kings 8:9, אַמָּה ׳א Ezekiel 41:2 and (אַמָּה omitted) Ezekiel 46:22, but בָּאַמָּה ׳א 1 Kings 6:17 (v: אַמָּה); אֶלֶף ׳א Numbers 1:33; Numbers 2:19; Numbers 26:18; Joshua 4:13; Judges 5:8; 2 Samuel 10:18; 1 Kings 5:6; 1 Chronicles 12:37 (van d. H. v.1 Chronicles 12:36), 1 Chronicles 19:18 (see also below); rarely followed by plural noun, בָּנִים ׳א Judges 12:14, אֲדָנִים ׳א Exodus 26:19,21; Exodus 36:24,26 (P). — (As round number Genesis 7:17; Judges 3:11; Judges 5:31; Judges 8:28; 1 Samuel 4:18 +).

b. after plural noun, ׳מָּרוֺת א Genesis 32:16 (E), ׳שְׁקָלִים א Nehemiah 5:15.

c. noun omitted Genesis 18:29, ׳הָא Genesis 18:29; יַכֶּנּוּ ׳א Deuteronomy 25:3 forty (blows) may he smite him.

2 with other numbers:

a. before unit, + singular noun:, 40 1שָׁנָה 1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 15:10; 2 Kings 14:23; 402שָׁנָה2Chron 22:20, אִישׁ 2 Kings 10:14, עִיר Numbers 35:6, + אֶלֶף Judges 12:6; 405שָׁנָה Joshua 14:10 (JE), etc. (12 t.); + plural noun יְלָדִים 2 Kings 2:24; after plural noun הָעַמּוּדִים405 1 Kings 7:3; noun omitted 40 5 Genesis 18:28, compare Ezra 2:24 = Nehemiah 7:28.

b. after unit, 9 40שָׁנָה Leviticus 25:8 (H); 1 40אֶלֶף Numbers 1:41; Numbers 2:28, etc. (9 t. Numbers, P).

c. with hundreds, 40 שָׁנָה800שָׁנָה Genesis 5:18 (P); 100 40שָׁנָה Job 42:16; + units, 7 שָׁנִים40100שָׁנָה Genesis 47:28 (P); but (Ezra Nehemiah, mostly predicate, without noun), 900 405 Ezra 2:8, compare Ezra 2:25; Nehemiah 7:62, and (׳א without וְ) 600, 40 2 Ezra 2:10, see also "" Nehemiah 7:15; Ezra 2:34 = Nehemiah 7:36; Ezra 2:66 = Nehemiah 7:68 (ver. omitted Baer Gi), Nehemiah 7:13,29,44; Nehemiah 1000, 200, 40 7 Ezra 2:38 = Nehemiah 7:41; plural noun 200 405 Nehemiah 7:67, plural noun 200, 40 + 2; Nehemiah 11:13; also singular noun נֶפֶשׁ 700, 40 5 Jeremiah 52:30.

3 as ordinal, שָׁנָה ׳בְּא Deuteronomy 1:3 in the fortieth year; also ׳בִּשְׁנַת הָא Numbers 33:38; 1 Chronicles 26:31; וְאַחַת ׳בִּשְׁנַת א2Chronicles 16:13 in the forty-first year

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