1 Chronicles 18:5:121 Chr.18.5.W12TAB
אֶ֖לֶף
elef
“thousand”
- Transliteration
- E-lef
- Extended
- EH-lehf
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.lɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- thousand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
E-lef
- phraseyour reading level
e-se-rim-u-she-NA-yim E-lef
- clause
va-YAKH da-VID ba-a-RAM e-se-rim-u-she-NA-yim E-lef ISH
- sentence
va-ya-BO a-RAM dar-me-SEK la-e-ZOR la-ha-dad-E-zer ME-lekh tso-VA va-YAKH da-VID ba-a-RAM e-se-rim-u-she-NA-yim E-lef ISH
Exegesis
The composite numeral ʿeśrîm û-šnayîm {עֶשְׂרִֽים־וּשְׁנַיִם | ʿeśrîm û-šnayîm} ‘twenty and two’ with ’elep̄ {אֶלֶף | ’elep̄} ‘thousand’ and the collective noun ’îš {אִֽישׁ | ’îš} ‘men’ quantifies the casualties. In translation, the sequence of vav-consecutive verbs is rendered in the simple past to preserve narrative progression, the infinitive purpose clause appears as ‘to help’, and the Hebrew composite numeral is smoothed into the English cardinal ‘twenty-two thousand’.
Root and etymology
consonantsaleph–lamed–peh
“thousand”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:5
And the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah , and David struck down twenty-two thousand men in Aram.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Chronicles 18:5, so the Hebrew word אֶ֖לֶף (elef) 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.18.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.5.W12.S1) and character.