2 Chronicles 1:2:52 Chr.1.2.W5TAB
הָאֲלָפִ֛ים
haalafim
“the thousands”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-la-FIM
- Extended
- haa-ah-lah-FEEM
- IPA
- /haː.ʔălaːˈfiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the thousands
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-a-la-FIM
- phraseyour reading level
le-sa-RE ha-a-la-FIM
- clause
le-sa-RE ha-a-la-FIM ve-ha-me-OT ve-la-shof-TIM u-le-KHOL-na-SI le-KHOL-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER she-lo-MO le-KHOL-yis-ra-EL le-sa-RE ha-a-la-FIM ve-ha-me-OT ve-la-shof-TIM u-le-KHOL-na-SI le-KHOL-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
A series of coordinated lə-phrases—lesarei ha-alafim {לְשָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִים | lə-śā-rê hā-ʾă-lā-fîm} ‘to the officers of the thousands’, ve-la-meot {וְלַמֵּאוֹת | wə-lam-mē-ʾōt} ‘and to the hundreds’, ve-la-shoftim {וְלַשֹּׁפְטִים | wə-laš-šōp̄-ṭîm} ‘and to the judges’—details the military-administrative ranks.
In context — 2 Chronicles 1:2
Then Solomon addressed all Israel: the officers of the thousands and of the hundreds, the judges, and every leader throughout Israel—the heads of the fathers’ houses.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 1:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 1:2, so the Hebrew word הָאֲלָפִ֛ים (haalafim) 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 2 Chr.1.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.1.2.W5.S1) and character.