1 Kings 20:29:141 Kgs.20.29.W14TAB
מֵאָה־אֶ֥לֶף
meaelef
“one hundred thousand”
- Transliteration
- me-A-e-LEF
- Extended
- meh-AA-eh-LEHF
- IPA
- /meː.ʔaːh.ʔɛˈlɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- one hundred thousand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
me-A-e-LEF
- phraseyour reading level
me-A-e-LEF rag-LI
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-tik-RAV ha-mil-kha-MA va-yak-KU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL et-a-RAM me-A-e-LEF rag-LI be-YOM e-KHAD
- sentence
va-ya-kha-NU E-le NO-khakh-E-le shiv-AT ya-MIM va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-tik-RAV ha-mil-kha-MA va-yak-KU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL et-a-RAM me-A-e-LEF rag-LI be-YOM e-KHAD
Exegesis
Finally, the construct mēʾāh-ʾelep̄ {מֵאָה־אֶ֥לֶף | mēʾāh-ʾelep̄} quantifies the defeated forces with precision, with raglîm {רַגְלִ֖י | raglî} specifying infantry troops.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-p̄
“thousand”
In context — 1 Kings 20:29
And these encamped opposite one another for seven days, and it happened on the seventh day that the battle drew near, and the sons of Israel struck down Aram one hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:29:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 20:29, so the Hebrew word מֵאָה־אֶ֥לֶף (meaelef) 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.20.29.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.29.W14.S1) and character.