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title: רְבִיעִי — fourth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְבִיעִי (7243), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 56 times: fourth. BDB 1906: adj.num.ordin. fourth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְבִיעִי

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«רְבִיעִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fourth** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 56 times · **Key:** 7243 · **BDB:** רְבִיעִי

### Glosses

fourth (42); (the).fourth (4); a.fourth (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fourth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7243/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.num.ordin. fourth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7243/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** m., רְבִיעִית f., adj.num.ordin. fourth;m. רְבִיעִי Gn 2:14 + 29 times, רְבִעִי 1 Ch 24:8; 26:11; pl. רְבִיעִים 2 K 15:12, רְבִעִים 10:30; f. abs. רְבִיעִית 1 K 6:1 + 3 times, רְבִיעִת Lv 19:29, רְבִעִית 1 K 6:37 + 6 times + 1 K 6:33 (v. infr.); cstr. רְבִיעִית Nu 15:5, רְבִיעִת Ex 29:40 + 4 times, רְבִעִית Nu 15:4 + 2 times;—fourth, usually הָֽר׳: m. Gn 2:14; 15:16 (JE), also (especially of days, months, sons, etc.) Gn 1:19 Ex 28:20; 39:13; Nu 7:30; 29:23; Jos 19:17 (all P), Ju 19:5; Je 39:2; 52:6; 1 Ch 27:7b 2 Ch 20:26; Ezr 8:33; n. om. 2 S 3:4 = 1 Ch 3:2; 1 Ch 2:14; 3:15; 8:2; 12:10; 23:19; 24:8, 23; 25:11; 26:2, 4, 11; 27:7a Ezr 10:14; Dn 11:2; sc. חֹדֶשׁ Ez 1:1; Zc 8:19; pl. in בְּנֵי רְבִ(י)עִים sons of fourth (ones), i.e. to the fourth generation, 2 K 10:30; 15:12 (cf. \[רִבֵּעַ\], and \[Old Aramaic Nērab\] בני רבע Cook107). f. of years, 1 K 6:1, 37; 2 K 18:9; Je 25:1; 28:1; 36:1; 45:1; 46:2; 51:59; Zc 6:3; Lv 19:24 (H); מֵאֵת רְבִעִית 1 K 6:33, read מְזֻוֹת רְבֻעוֹת 𝔊 𝔙 Th Sta Kmp Kit Benz Bur. רְבִיעִית Ez 48:20 four square (read poss. רְבוּעָה). רְבִ(י)עִ(י)ת as n. = fourth part, cstr., ר׳ הַהִין Lv 23:13 (H), Ex 29:40; Nu 15:4, 5; 28:5, 7, 14; ר׳ הַיּוֹם Ne 9:3a; so abs. (הַיּוֹם om.) v 3b.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 52 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְבִיעִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7243/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.14/)

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נְתַנְאֵל֙ הָֽרְבִיעִ֔י רַדַּ֖י הַחֲמִישִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* Nethanel \[was\].the fourth Raddai \[was\].the fifth

*JPS 1917:* Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth;

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[1 Chronicles 12:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.11/)

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מִשְׁמַנָּה֙ הָרְבִיעִ֔י יִרְמְיָ֖ה הַחֲמִשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* Mishmannah \[was\].the fourth Jeremiah \[was\].the fifth

*JPS 1917:* Mashmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth;

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