1 Chronicles 21:5:91 Chr.21.5.W9TAB
אֲלָפִים֩
alafim
“thousands”
- Transliteration
- a-la-FIM
- Extended
- ah-lah-FEEM
- IPA
- /ʔălaːˈfiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- thousands
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-la-FIM
- phraseyour reading level
E-lef a-la-FIM u-me-A E-lef ISH
- clause
va-ye-HI khol-yis-ra-EL E-lef a-la-FIM u-me-A E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHE-rev vi-ye-hu-DA ar-BA me-OT ve-shiv-IM E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev
- sentence
va-yit-TEN yo-AV et-mis-PA-r mif-kad-ha-AM el-da-VID va-ye-HI khol-yis-ra-EL E-lef a-la-FIM u-me-A E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHE-rev vi-ye-hu-DA ar-BA me-OT ve-shiv-IM E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev
Exegesis
After the recipient phrase ʾel-dawid {אֶל־דָּוִ֑יד | ʾel-dāwîḏ} ‘to David’, the clause headed by kol-yisraʾel {כָֽל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל | kol-yiśrāʾēl} frames the first tally as comprehensive, and the idiom ʾelep ʾalafim û-meʾah ʾelep {אֶ֣לֶף אֲלָפִים֩ וּמֵאָ֨ה אֶ֤לֶף | ʾelep ʾălāp̄îm û-mēʾāh ʾelep} functions as a scaled number (1,100,000).
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:5
And Joab gave the number of the census of the people to David, and all Israel was 1,100,000 men drawing the sword, and Judah was 470,000 men drawing the sword.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 21:5, so the Hebrew word אֲלָפִים֩ (alafim) 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.21.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.5.W9.S1) and character.