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Arba (ארבע) means four in Hebrew.

It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

אַרְבַּע
arba
word
In English

four

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with א

The dictionary gives one meaning for Arba.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    שני זוגות – שתיים ועוד שתיים.
    וְנָהָר יֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת-הַגָּן וּמִשָּׁם יִפָּרֵד וְהָיָה לְאַרְבָּעָה רָאשִׁים

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Arba is a word.

Written with vowel points
אַרְבַּע
Written without vowel points
ארבע
Said
arba
Root
ר־ב־ע
Pattern
אֶקְטָל
Inflections
ז' אַרְבָּעָה
Gematria
273

This is how Arba is said in other languages.

English
four
Arabic
أربعة
Russian
четыре
French
quatre
Spanish
cuatro
German
vier
Yiddish
פֿיר

These words rhyme with Arba.

The word Arba is part of these phrases and sayings.

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

The word Arba comes from the root ר־ב־ע, like these words.

This is where the word Arba comes from.

האגיפטולוג ארנסט ווליס באדג' מצא, שבמצרית קדומה מצוייה תיבת הירוגליף מקבילה, בצורת "אַקְבִּ-יְ(אְ)", "(Akbi(u" בהוראת "קבוצה של ארבעה אלים בוכים".

These words come before and after Arba in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Arba.

What does Arba (⁨ארבע⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Arba (⁨ארבע⁩) means four. It is said arba, with the stress on ba.

What rhymes with Arba (⁨ארבע⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Arba (⁨ארבע⁩) include ⁨אצבע⁩, ⁨צבע⁩, ⁨סיבה⁩, ⁨מרובע⁩, ⁨מסיבה⁩, and ⁨גבה⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ארבע of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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