1 Chronicles 13:1:41 Chr.13.1.W4TAB
הָאֲלָפִ֛ים
haalafim
“the thousands”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-la-FIM
- Extended
- haa-ah-lah-FEEM
- IPA
- /haː.ʔălaːˈfiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the thousands
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-a-la-FIM
- phraseyour reading level
im-sa-REI ha-a-la-FIM
- sentence
va-yiv-VA-ats da-VID im-sa-REI ha-a-la-FIM ve-ham-me-OT le-khol-na-GID
Exegesis
The construct phrase sarei ha'alafim {שָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִים | śārê hāʾălāp̄îm} ‘officers of the thousands,’ paired with the coordinated vehammeot {וְהַמֵּאוֹת | wə-hammêʾōṯ} ‘and the hundreds,’ forms a hierarchical merism.
In context — 1 Chronicles 13:1
David took counsel with the commanders overseeing the thousands and the hundreds, together with every leader .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 13:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 13:1, so the Hebrew word הָאֲלָפִ֛ים (haalafim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.13.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.13.1.W4.S1) and character.