H0706 H0706
fourfold, quadruple restitution; numerical compensation required by law (2 Sam 12:6)
This feminine dual form of 'four' appears in Nathan's parable judging David's sin. The fourfold restitution matched Torah's requirement for sheep theft. The number carries both legal precision and narrative irony: David would lose four sons (the infant, Amnon, Absalom, Adonijah). The term bridges legal formulae and prophetic judgment, showing how divine justice exceeds mere civil penalty.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Second Samuel 12:6 pronounces: 'He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and because he had no pity.' Nathan's verdict invokes Exodus 22:1's law requiring quadruple restitution for stolen sheep. The multilingual rendering (English 'fourfold', Spanish 'cuatro-veces'—'four times', French/German 'fourfold') consistently recognizes multiplied payment. The legal precision gains prophetic depth when four of David's sons subsequently die, suggesting divine mathematics transcend courtroom arithmetic. 1×
AR["أَربَعَةَ-أَضعافٍ"]·ben["চারগুণ"]·DE["fourfold"]·EN["fourfold"]·FR["fourfold"]·heb["ארבעתיים"]·HI["चार-गुना"]·ID["empat-kali-lipat"]·IT["fourfold"]·jav["kaping-sekawan"]·KO["네-배로"]·PT["quatro-vezes"]·RU["вчетверо"]·ES["cuatro-veces"]·SW["mara-nne"]·TR["dört-kat"]·urd["چار-گنا"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
I. אַרְבַּע, אַרְבָּעָה n.m. et f. four (NH = BH; MI8 ארבען = 40; Ph. ארבע, Pun. ארבעת, four; so Assyrian arbaʾu (rarely irbaʾ), irbitti; Arabic أَرْبَعٌ, أَرْبَعَةٌ; Sab. ארבעת CISiv, no. 232. 2 HomChrest. 47; Ethiopic አርባዕ, አርባዕቱ Aramaic אַרְבַּע, אַרְבְּעָה, ܐܰܪܒܰܥ, ܐܰܪܒܥܳܐ; Nab. ארבע, Palm. ארבע, ארבעא, Lzb367);—m.148 (c. n.f.) אַרְבַּע (abs. vel cstr.) Ex 21:37 +; also אַרְבַּ֑ע Lv 11:20 +;…