2 Chronicles 12:3:12 Chr.12.3.W1TAB
בְּאֶ֤לֶף
beelef
“with a thousand”
- Transliteration
- be-E-lef
- Extended
- beh-EH-lehf
- IPA
- /bəˈʔɛlɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a thousand
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-E-lef
- phraseyour reading level
be-E-lef u-ma-A-ta-yim
- clause
be-E-lef u-ma-A-ta-yim RE-khev u-ve-shi-SHIM E-lef pa-ra-SHIM
- sentence
be-E-lef u-ma-A-ta-yim RE-khev u-ve-shi-SHIM E-lef pa-ra-SHIM ve-EN mis-PAR la-AM a-SHER-ba-U i-MO mim-mits-RA-yim lu-VIM su-kI-YIM ve-khu-SHIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase be-elef {בְּאֶ֤לֶף | bə-ʾé-lef} ‘with a thousand’ joined to u-maatayim {וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙ | ū-maʾ-ă-tá-yim} ‘and two hundred’, specifying the chariot force.
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:3
With one thousand and two hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen, there was no number for the people who came with him from Egypt—Libyans , Sukkites, and Cushites.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 12:3, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶ֤לֶף (beelef) 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.12.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.3.W1.S1) and character.