2 Chronicles 14:8:172 Chr.14.8.W17TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:7
אָ֥לֶף
alef
“thousand”
- Transliteration
- A-lef
- Extended
- AA-lehf
- IPA
- /uːʃəmoːˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- thousand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
A-lef
- phraseyour reading level
A-lef kul-E-le
- sentence
va-ye-HI-le-A-sa KHA-yil no-SE tsin-NA va-RO-makh mi-ye-hu-DA she-LOSH me-OT E-lef u-mi-bin-ya-MIN nos-SE ma-GEN ve-dor-KHE KE-shet ma-A-ta-yim u-she-mo-NIM A-lef kul-E-le gib-bo-RE KHA-yil
Exegesis
The multiplicative numerals šālôš mēʾōṯ ʾelep̄ {שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף | šā-lôš mē-ʾōṯ ʾe-lep̄} and māṭāyim ūšəmōnîm ʾelep̄ {מָאתַיִם וּשְׁמֹנִים אֶלֶף | mā-ṭā-yim ū-šə-mō-nîm ʾe-lep̄} reflect Hebrew’s hundred-by-thousand system. Participial pairs nōsəʾē + māgēn and ve-dōrḵê + qešeṯ are rendered as “shield bearers” and “bow wielders.”
In context — 2 Chronicles 14:8
And Asa had an army bearing large shields and spears from Judah—300,000—and from Benjamin, shield bearers and bowmen, 280,000; all were mighty warriors .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 14:8:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Chronicles 14:8, so the Hebrew word אָ֥לֶף (alef) 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.14.8.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.8.W17.S1) and character.