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Forty in Hebrew is אַרְבָּעִים (arba'ím).

Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.

אַרְבָּעִים
arba'ím
number · masculine
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In English

forty

/ˈfɔːti/ /ˈfoɹti/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with F

These are the Hebrew words for the number forty.

the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine

  • אַרְבָּעִיםארבעיםarba'ímmasculine

These words come before and after forty in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨forty⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨forty⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨forty⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨אַרְבָּעִים⁩, said arba'ím. Without vowel points it is written ⁨ארבעים⁩.

How is ⁨forty⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨forty⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ˈfɔːti/, /ˈfoɹti/⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry forty and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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