ארבעא

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Aramaic

Aramaic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ארבעא (arbəʕå)
    Ordinal : רביעי (rəviʕai)

Numeral

ארבעא (ʾarbəʿām (f ארבע)

  1. four (4)
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 95a:
      הַהוּא יוֹמָא אַפַּנְיָא דְמַעֲלֵי שַׁבְּתָא הֲוָה אֲבִישַׁי בֶּן צְרוּיָה הֲוָה קָא חָיֵיף רֵישֵׁיהּ בְּאַרְבְּעָא גַּרְבֵּי דְּמַיָּא חֲזִינְהוּ כִּתְמֵי דְּמָא
      ha-hu yomå apanəyå dhə-maʿălēi šabtå hăwå Ăbhišai ben Śəruya hăwå qå ḥåyyef rēšēh bə-arbəʿå garbēi də-mayyå ḥăzinəhu kithmēi dəmå
      That day at dusk on Friday night, Abishai son of Zeruiah washed his head with four buckets of water and he saw that many bloodstains.