2 Chronicles 17:16:82 Chr.17.16.W8TAB
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
ma-TA-yim E-lef
- clause
ve-im-MO ma-TA-yim E-lef gi-BOR KHA-yil
- sentence
ve-AL-YA-do a-mas-YA ben-zikh-RI ha-mit-na-DEV la-ye-ho-VAH ve-im-MO ma-TA-yim E-lef gi-BOR KHA-yil
Exegesis
The coordinating weimmô {וְעִמּ֛וֹ | wə-ʿim-mō} ‘and with him’ introduces accompaniment, leading to the multiplicative numeral mātāyim ēleph {מָאתַ֥יִם אֶ֖לֶף | mā-ṭā-yim ē-leph} ‘two hundred thousand’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-paleph–lamed–pe
“thousand”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:16
And under his command, Amasiah son of Zikri, who volunteered himself for the LORD , and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 17:16, 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.17.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.16.W8.S1) and character.