רְבִיעִי

Genesis 1:19 רְבִיעִֽי׃ פ fourth

And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

Here: The ordinal number from 'arbaʿ, 'four.' It also has no article, so the phrase is literally 'a fourth day' or 'day four.' It opens the second half of the week, in which the spaces made in days 1–3 begin to be filled. The letter פ after it is a scribal mark that ends the paragraph.

Genesis 2:14 הָֽרְבִיעִ֖י <the> fourth

The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 15:16 רְבִיעִ֖י fourth

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Here: An ordinal number. It counts forward to the generation that will come back. It is set beside the 'four hundred years' of v.13, and the two numbers are meant to be heard together.

Exodus 28:20 הָרְבִיעִ֔י <the> fourth

and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.

Exodus 29:40 רְבִעִ֥ית <the> fourth of

With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.

Here: A second word for 'quarter'. The wine matches the oil exactly: a quarter hin each.

Exodus 39:13 הָֽרְבִיעִ֔י <the> fourth

and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.

Leviticus 19:24 הָרְבִיעִ֔ת <the> fourth

In the fourth year all its fruit must be consecrated as a praise offering to the LORD.

Leviticus 23:13 רְבִיעִ֥ת <the> fourth of

along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—a food offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.

Here: 'A quarter of.' This is the normal amount for a lamb (Num 15:5). Unlike the flour, it is not doubled.

Numbers 7:30 הָרְבִיעִ֔י <the> fourth

On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near.

Numbers 15:4 בִּרְבִעִ֥ית with [the] fourth of

then the one presenting his offering to the LORD shall also present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil.

Here: "With a quarter of." The preposition b- marks what the flour is mixed with, and the feminine ordinal 'fourth' is used as a fraction.

Numbers 15:5 רְבִיעִ֣ית <the> fourth of

With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a quarter hin of wine as a drink offering.

Numbers 28:5 רְבִיעִ֥ת <the> fourth of

along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives.

Here: An ordinal used as a fraction, 'a quarter of'. It sets the amount of oil just as 'tenth' set the amount of flour.

Numbers 28:7 רְבִיעִ֣ת [will be] [the] fourth of

The drink offering accompanying each lamb shall be a quarter hin. Pour out the offering of fermented drink to the LORD in the sanctuary area.

Numbers 28:14 וּרְבִיעִ֥ת and [the] fourth of

Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine with each bull, a third of a hin with the ram, and a quarter hin with each lamb. This is the monthly burnt offering to be made at each new moon throughout the year.

Numbers 29:23 הָרְבִיעִ֛י <the> fourth

On the fourth day you are to present ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

Joshua 19:17 הָֽרְבִיעִ֑י <the> fourth

The fourth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Issachar:

Judges 19:5 הָרְבִיעִ֔י <the> fourth

On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”

2 Samuel 3:4 וְהָרְבִיעִ֖י and [was] the fourth

his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

1 Kings 6:1 הָרְבִיעִ֜ית <the> fourth

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.

1 Kings 6:33 רְבִעִֽית׃ a fourth

In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.

1 Kings 6:37 הָֽרְבִיעִ֔ית <the> fourth

The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.

Here: "The fourth". It is feminine to agree with "year". It repeats the date in 6:1 word for word, so the building account opens and closes with the same date.

2 Kings 10:30 רְבִעִ֔ים [the] fourth [generation]

Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

2 Kings 15:12 רְבִיעִ֔ים a fourth [generation]

So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

2 Kings 18:9 הָֽרְבִיעִית֙ <the> fourth

In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.

1 Chronicles 2:14 הָֽרְבִיעִ֔י the fourth

Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,

1 Chronicles 3:2 הָרְבִיעִ֖י the fourth

the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;

1 Chronicles 3:15 הָרְבִיעִ֖י the fourth

The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second, Zedekiah the third, and Shallum the fourth.

1 Chronicles 8:2 הָֽרְבִיעִ֔י the fourth

Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

1 Chronicles 12:10 הָרְבִיעִ֔י the fourth

Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

1 Chronicles 23:19 הָרְבִיעִֽי׃ the fourth

The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

1 Chronicles 24:8 הָרְבִעִֽי׃ the fourth

the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

1 Chronicles 24:23 הָרְבִיעִֽי׃ the fourth

From the sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

1 Chronicles 25:11 הָרְבִיעִי֙ the fourth

the fourth to Izri, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

1 Chronicles 26:2 הָרְבִיעִֽי׃ the fourth

Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

1 Chronicles 26:4 הָרְבִיעִ֔י the fourth

And Obed-edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

1 Chronicles 26:11 הָרְבִעִ֑י the fourth

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and brothers of Hosah numbered 13 in all.

1 Chronicles 27:7 הָֽרְבִיעִ֞י הָרְבִיעִ֗י [was] the fourth, <the> fourth

The fourth, for the fourth month, was Joab’s brother Asahel, and his son Zebadiah was commander after him. There were 24,000 men in his division.

2 Chronicles 20:26 הָרְבִעִ֗י <the> fourth

On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.

Here: The day after three days spent gathering spoil. The people stop collecting what they won and gather to give thanks to the One who won it for them.

Ezra 8:33 הָרְבִיעִ֡י <the> fourth

On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.

Nehemiah 9:3 רְבִעִ֣ית וּרְבִעִית֙ [the] fourth of, and a fourth

While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.

Jeremiah 25:1 הָֽרְבִעִ֔ית <the> fourth

This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 28:1 הָֽרְבִעִ֔ית <the> fourth

In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:

Jeremiah 36:1 הָרְבִיעִ֔ת <the> fourth

In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

Jeremiah 39:2 הָרְבִיעִ֖י <the> fourth

And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.

Here: 'The fourth', counting from the spring month later called Nisan. So this is the month later called Tammuz, roughly late June to July: high summer, when supplies in a besieged city were running out.

Jeremiah 45:1 הָֽרְבִעִ֔ית <the> fourth

This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:

Jeremiah 46:2 הָֽרְבִיעִ֔ית <the> fourth

concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:

Here: The fourth year, about 605 BC. Jeremiah 25:1 equates the same year with Nebuchadnezzar's first year, and Jeremiah 36:1 dates the writing of Jeremiah's scroll to it. It was a turning-point year in the book.

Jeremiah 51:59 הָרְבִעִ֖ית <the> fourth

This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign.

Jeremiah 52:6 הָֽרְבִיעִי֙ <the> fourth

By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

Here: The fourth month, counting from the spring new year in Nisan. That puts it around June–July, the month later called Tammuz. The book numbers the month instead of naming it, as was usual in late-monarchy records.

Ezekiel 1:1 בָּֽרְבִיעִי֙ in the fourth [month]

In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

Here: "In the fourth," with "month" understood, as in other Hebrew date formulas. Counting from the spring new year (Nisan), the fourth month is Tammuz, roughly late June to July.

Ezekiel 10:14 וְהָרְבִיעִ֖י and the fourth [face]

Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first face was that of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.

Here: 'And the fourth [face]', completing the set of four.

Ezekiel 48:20 רְבִיעִ֗ית fourth

The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits by 25,000 cubits. You are to set apart the holy portion, along with the city property.

Daniel 11:2 וְהָֽרְבִיעִי֙ and the fourth [king]

Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

Here: "And the fourth." The series of three-then-four builds to a climax on this last king.

Zechariah 6:3 הָרְבִעִ֔ית <the> fourth

the third white horses, and the fourth dappled horses—all of them strong.

Zechariah 8:19 הָרְבִיעִ֡י the fourth [month]

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

Here: The fourth month (later called Tammuz, June–July). It remembered the Babylonians breaking through Jerusalem's wall (2 Kgs 25:3–4; Jer 39:2).