1 Chronicles 21:14:81 Chr.21.14.W8TAB
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
shiv-e-IM E-lef
- clause
va-yip-POL mi-yis-ra-EL shiv-e-IM E-lef ISH
- sentence
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-VAH DE-ver be-yis-ra-EL va-yip-POL mi-yis-ra-EL shiv-e-IM E-lef ISH
Exegesis
The numeric construction shiv‘īm ’elef {שִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף | šiv‘īm ’elef} ‘seventy thousand’ illustrates multiplicative grouping. The formal retains “fell” for literal correspondence, while the dynamic uses “died” to clarify the fatal outcome.
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:14
And the LORD sent a plague in Israel, and seventy thousand men fell from Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 21:14, 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.21.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.14.W8.S1) and character.