2 Chronicles 12:3:52 Chr.12.3.W5TAB
אֶ֖לֶף
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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The word
Word in context
- word
E-lef
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-shi-SHIM E-lef
- 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 collective noun rekhev {רֶ֔כֶב | rə-khêv} and the parallel numeral phrase u-ve-shishim elef {וּבְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף | ū-ḇĕ-šhísh-īm ʾé-léf} ‘and with sixty thousand’ modify parashim {פָּרָשִׁ֑ים | pā-rā-ʾa-šîm}.
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 12:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 12:3, so the Hebrew word אֶ֖לֶף (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 2 Chr.12.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.3.W5.S1) and character.