אֲלָפִ֔ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲלָפִ֔ים

   a-la-FIM

   thousands
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים

   she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM

   three of thousands
3. clause🔊 וַיַּכּ֤וּ מֵהֶם֙ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּ בִּזָּ֥ה רַבָּֽה׃

   va-yak-KU me-HEM she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM va-ya-VO-zu bi-ZA ra-BA

   and they struck from them three of thousands and they plundered plunder much
4. sentence🔊 וּבְנֵ֣י הַגְּד֗וּד אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵשִׁ֤יב אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ מִלֶּ֤כֶת עִמּוֹ֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וַֽיִּפְשְׁטוּ֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה מִשֹּׁמְר֖וֹן וְעַד־בֵּ֣ית חוֹר֑וֹן וַיַּכּ֤וּ מֵהֶם֙ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּ בִּזָּ֥ה רַבָּֽה׃

   u-ve-NEI ha-ge-DUD a-SHER he-SHIV a-mats-ya-HU mi-LE-khet i-MO la-mil-kha-MA va-yif-she-TU be-a-REI ye-hu-DA mi-sho-me-RON ve-AD-BEIT kho-RON va-yak-KU me-HEM she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM va-ya-VO-zu bi-ZA ra-BA

   and sons of the troop which he brought back Amaziah from going with him to the battle and they made a raid in cities of Judah from Samaria and as far as Beth Horon and they struck from them three of thousands and they plundered plunder much

Exegesis

The noun-numeral sequence shloshet alafim {שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים | ʃĕ·lō·šêṯ ʾă·lā·p̄îm} follows standard Hebrew order. The final verb and object convey the outcome and volume of plunder.