1 Kings 19:18:41 Kgs.19.18.W4TAB
אֲלָפִ֑ים
alafim
“thousands”
- Transliteration
- a-la-FIM
- Extended
- ah-laa-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
shiv-AT a-la-FIM
- clause
ve-hish-AR-ti be-yis-ra-EL shiv-AT a-la-FIM
- sentence
ve-hish-AR-ti be-yis-ra-EL shiv-AT a-la-FIM kal-ha-bir-KA-yim a-SHER lo-kha-re-U la-BA-al ve-khal-ha-PE a-SHER lo-na-SHAK LO
Exegesis
The construct sequence shivʿat alafim {שִׁבְעַ֣ת אֲלָפִ֑ים | šivʿat ʾălāp̄îm} ‘seven thousand’ denotes a collective remnant via numeral-noun pairing.
In context — 1 Kings 19:18
But I will leave seven thousand in Israel—every knee that has not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 19:18, so the Hebrew word אֲלָפִ֑ים (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 Kgs.19.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.18.W4.S1) and character.