1 Chronicles 29:21:131 Chr.29.21.W13TAB
אֶ֛לֶף
elef
“a thousand”
- Transliteration
- E-lef
- Extended
- EH-lehf
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛlɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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-LIM E-lef
- clause
va-yiz-be-KHU la-ye-ho-VAH ze-va-KHIM va-ya-a-LU o-LOT la-ye-ho-VAH le-ma-kho-RAT ha-YOM ha-HU pa-RIM E-lef e-LIM E-lef ke-va-SIM E-lef ve-nis-ke-HEM
- sentence
va-yiz-be-KHU la-ye-ho-VAH ze-va-KHIM va-ya-a-LU o-LOT la-ye-ho-VAH le-ma-kho-RAT ha-YOM ha-HU pa-RIM E-lef e-LIM E-lef ke-va-SIM E-lef ve-nis-ke-HEM u-ze-va-KHIM la-ROV le-khol-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
A triadic enumeration parim, eilim, kevasim with the numeral elef {אֶלֶף | ’ě-lĕp̄} ‘one thousand’ amplifies scale.
Root and etymology
א־ל־ף
“thousand”
In context — 1 Chronicles 29:21
And they offered sacrifices to the LORD , and on the next day offered burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, a thousand male lambs—together with their drink offerings and abundant sacrifices for all Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 29:21:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Chronicles 29:21, so the Hebrew word אֶ֛לֶף (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.29.21.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.29.21.W13.S1) and character.