אֵילִ֔ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֵילִ֔ים

   e-LIM

   rams
2. clause🔊 גַּ֣ם הָֽעַרְבִיאִ֗ים מְבִיאִ֥ים לוֹ֙ צֹ֕אן אֵילִ֔ים שִׁבְעַ֤ת אֲלָפִים֙ וּשְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֔וֹת וּתְיָשִׁ֕ים שִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִ֖ים וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃

   GAM ha-ar-vi-IM me-vi-IM LO TSON e-LIM shiv-AT a-la-FIM u-she-VA me-OT u-te-ya-SHIM shiv-AT a-la-FIM u-she-VA me-OT

   also the Arabians bringing to him flock animals rams seven {construct of} thousands and seven hundreds and male goats seven {construct of} thousands and seven hundreds
3. sentence🔊 וּמִן־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים מְבִיאִ֧ים לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט מִנְחָ֖ה וְכֶ֣סֶף מַשָּׂ֑א גַּ֣ם הָֽעַרְבִיאִ֗ים מְבִיאִ֥ים לוֹ֙ צֹ֕אן אֵילִ֔ים שִׁבְעַ֤ת אֲלָפִים֙ וּשְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֔וֹת וּתְיָשִׁ֕ים שִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִ֖ים וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃

   u-min-pe-LISH-tim me-vi-IM li-ye-ho-sha-FAT min-KHA ve-KHE-sef ma-SA GAM ha-ar-vi-IM me-vi-IM LO TSON e-LIM shiv-AT a-la-FIM u-she-VA me-OT u-te-ya-SHIM shiv-AT a-la-FIM u-she-VA me-OT

   and from the Philistines bringing to Jehoshaphat a gift offering and silver a levy or tribute-load also the Arabians bringing to him flock animals rams seven {construct of} thousands and seven hundreds and male goats seven {construct of} thousands and seven hundreds

Exegesis

The construct chain shiv’at alafim ū-sheva meot {שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת | šiv-ʿāṯ ʾă-lā-p̄îm ū-šə-bāʿ mē-ʾōṯ} ‘seven thousand and seven hundred’ is repeated for elim {אֵילִים | ʾê-lîm} ‘rams’ and teyashim {תְיָשִׁים | tə-ya-šîm} ‘male goats’, creating a parallelism that underscores the offerings’ abundance.