1 Chronicles 19:7:51 Chr.19.7.W5TAB
אֶ֜לֶף
elef
“thousand”
- Transliteration
- E-lef
- Extended
- EH-lehf
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛlɛf/
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
she-NA-yim u-she-lo-SHIM E-lef
- clause
va-yis-ke-RU la-HEM she-NA-yim u-she-lo-SHIM E-lef RE-khev ve-ET-ME-lekh ma-a-KHA ve-ET-a-MO va-ya-VO-u va-ya-kha-NU lif-NE me-dev-BA
- sentence
va-yis-ke-RU la-HEM she-NA-yim u-she-lo-SHIM E-lef RE-khev ve-ET-ME-lekh ma-a-KHA ve-ET-a-MO va-ya-VO-u va-ya-kha-NU lif-NE me-dev-BA u-ve-NE a-MON ne-es-FU me-a-re-HEM va-ya-VO-u lam-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The numeral phrase shenayim usheloshim elef {שְׁנַיִם֩ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים אֶ֜לֶף | šnayim ū-šəlōšîm ʾēleph} follows the Hebrew multiplicative pattern ‘(2+30)×1,000’ to yield 32,000.
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:7
And they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots and the king of Maakah with his people, and they camped in front of Medeba, and the sons of Ammon gathered from their cities and came to the battle .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 19:7, so the Hebrew word אֶ֜לֶף (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.19.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.7.W5.S1) and character.