2 Chronicles 17:14:152 Chr.17.14.W15TAB
אָֽלֶף׃
alef
“thousand”
- Transliteration
- A-lef
- Extended
- AA-lehf
- IPA
- /ˈʔaːlɛf/
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
- clause
li-ye-hu-DA sa-RE a-la-FIM ad-NA ha-SAR ve-i-MO gi-vo-RE KHA-yil she-LOSH me-OT A-lef
- sentence
ve-E-leh pe-ku-DAT-am le-VET a-vo-te-E-hem li-ye-hu-DA sa-RE a-la-FIM ad-NA ha-SAR ve-i-MO gi-vo-RE KHA-yil she-LOSH me-OT A-lef
Exegesis
Finally, shelosh meot alef {שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אָלֶף | šə-loš mê-ʾōṯ ʾā-lef} ‘three hundred thousand’ shows the Hebrew multiplicative numeric construction, and the masoretic marker samekh {ס | să-meḵ} signals an open section break.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-paleph–lamed–pe
“thousand”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:14
And these are their enrollments by the house of their fathers: for Judah, the commanders of thousands were Adnah the commander and with him mighty men of valor, three hundred thousand.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:14:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 17:14, so the Hebrew word אָֽלֶף׃ (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.17.14.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.14.W15.S1) and character.