2 Chronicles 2:18:42 Chr.2.18.W4TABWLC 2 Chronicles 2:17
אֶ֙לֶף֙
elef
“thousand”
- Transliteration
- E-lef
- Extended
- EH-lehf
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.lɛf/
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
shiv-I-im E-lef
- clause
va-yA-as me-HEM shiv-I-im E-lef sa-BAL u-she-mo-NIM E-lef kho-TSEV ba-HAR
- sentence
va-yA-as me-HEM shiv-I-im E-lef sa-BAL u-she-mo-NIM E-lef kho-TSEV ba-HAR u-she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ve-SHESH me-OT me-na-tse-KHIM le-ha-a-VID ET-ha-AM
Exegesis
Hebrew numbers follow scale order in šivʿîm ʾelep̄ {שִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף | šivʿîm ʾelep̄} ‘seventy thousand’ and ūšemōnîm ʾelep̄ {וּשְׁמֹנִים אֶלֶף | ūšemōnîm ʾelep̄} ‘eighty thousand’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 2:18
And he appointed from among them seventy thousand burden-bearers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to direct the people in their work.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 2:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 2:18, so the Hebrew word אֶ֙לֶף֙ (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.2.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.2.18.W4.S1) and character.