אֶ֖לֶף

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶ֖לֶף

   E-lef

   thousand
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף

   ve-es-REEM E-lef

   and twenty thousand
3. clause🔊 וַיִּלְכֹּד֩ דָּוִ֨יד מִמֶּ֜נּוּ אֶ֣לֶף רֶ֗כֶב וְשִׁבְעַ֤ת אֲלָפִים֙ פָּֽרָשִׁ֔ים וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף אִ֣ישׁ רַגְלִ֑י

   va-yil-KOD da-VID mi-ME-nu E-lef RE-khev ve-shiv-AT a-la-FIM pa-ra-SHIM ve-es-REEM E-lef ISH rag-LI

   and he captured David from him a thousand chariotry or chariot and seven of {construct} thousands horsemen and twenty thousand man foot-soldier or on foot
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּלְכֹּד֩ דָּוִ֨יד מִמֶּ֜נּוּ אֶ֣לֶף רֶ֗כֶב וְשִׁבְעַ֤ת אֲלָפִים֙ פָּֽרָשִׁ֔ים וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף אִ֣ישׁ רַגְלִ֑י וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר דָּוִיד֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָרֶ֔כֶב וַיּוֹתֵ֥ר מִמֶּ֖נּוּ מֵ֥אָה רָֽכֶב׃

   va-yil-KOD da-VID mi-ME-nu E-lef RE-khev ve-shiv-AT a-la-FIM pa-ra-SHIM ve-es-REEM E-lef ISH rag-LI va-ye-ak-KER da-VID ET-kol-ha-RE-khev va-yo-TER mi-ME-nu me-A RA-khev

   and he captured David from him a thousand chariotry or chariot and seven of {construct} thousands horsemen and twenty thousand man foot-soldier or on foot and he hamstrung David {direct object marker} all the chariotry or chariot and he left over or and he left from it or from him a hundred chariotry or chariot

Exegesis

Numeral constructs adhere to Hebrew syntax with the cardinal numeral preceding its noun in construct chains, as in elef rekev {אֶלֶף רֶכֶב | ʾelep̄ reḵeḇ} ‘one thousand chariots’ and šivʿat alafim parashim {שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים פָּרָשִׁים | šīḇʿat ʾālāp̄īm p̄ārāšīm} ‘seven thousand horsemen’.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 א־ל־ףaleph–lamed–peh

“thousand”

• 🔊 אַלּוּףʾallûp̄clan leaderGenesis 36:15