1 Kings 20:30:91 Kgs.20.30.W9TAB
אֶ֛לֶף
elef
“thousand”
- Transliteration
- E-lef
- Extended
- EH-lehf
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛlɛf/
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
al-e-she-RIM ve-shiv-A E-lef
- clause
va-ya-NU-su ha-no-ta-RIM a-fe-KA el-ha-IR va-ti-POL ha-kho-MA al-e-she-RIM ve-shiv-A E-lef ISH ha-no-ta-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-NU-su ha-no-ta-RIM a-fe-KA el-ha-IR va-ti-POL ha-kho-MA al-e-she-RIM ve-shiv-A E-lef ISH ha-no-ta-RIM u-ven-ha-DAD NAS va-ya-BO el-ha-IR KHE-der be-kha-DER
Exegesis
The numeric construct al-esrim veshivah elef {עַל־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה אֶלֶף | ʿal-ʿeśrîm wə-šīḇāʿâ ʾelep̄} ‘upon twenty and seven thousand’ follows standard Hebrew number sequence with tens before units.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-pʾ-l-p
“thousand”
In context — 1 Kings 20:30
And the remaining fled to Aphek, to the city. Then the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of those who remained. Ben-Hadad fled into the city and entered an inner room .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:30:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 20:30, 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 Kgs.20.30.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.30.W9.S1) and character.