1 Chronicles 18:12:91 Chr.18.12.W9TAB
אָֽלֶף׃
alef
“thousand”
- Transliteration
- A-lef
- Extended
- AA-lehf
- IPA
- /ˈʔaːlɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- thousand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
A-lef
- sentence
ve-av-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA hi-KA et-e-DOM be-GE ha-ME-lakh she-mo-NA a-SAR A-lef
Exegesis
The number expression shemonah asar alef {שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר אָֽלֶף׃ | šəmōnāh ʿāśār ʾālep̄} uses additive numerals (“eight” + “ten”) followed by the scale word “thousand,” yielding “eighteen thousand,” which English naturally renders as a single summed figure.
Root and etymology
consonantsaleph–lamed–peh
“thousand”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:12
And Abshai struck down Edom in the Valley of Salt , eighteen thousand.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 18:12, so the Hebrew word אָֽלֶף׃ (alef) 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.18.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.12.W9.S1) and character.