2 Chronicles 25:5:192 Chr.25.5.W19TAB
אֶ֤לֶף
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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Word in context
- word
E-lef
- phraseyour reading level
she-LOSH-me-OT E-lef ba-KHUR
- clause
va-yif-ke-DEM le-mi-BEN e-she-RIM sha-NA va-MA-la va-yim-tsa-EM she-LOSH-me-OT E-lef ba-KHUR yo-TSE tsa-VA o-KHEZ RO-makh ve-tsi-NA
- sentence
va-yik-BOTS a-mats-YA-hu et-ye-hu-DA va-ya-a-mi-DEM le-VET-a-VOT le-sa-RE ha-a-la-FIM u-le-sa-RE ha-me-OT le-khol-ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN va-yif-ke-DEM le-mi-BEN e-she-RIM sha-NA va-MA-la va-yim-tsa-EM she-LOSH-me-OT E-lef ba-KHUR yo-TSE tsa-VA o-KHEZ RO-makh ve-tsi-NA
Exegesis
The numeric phrase šĕ-lōšhme’ōṯ ’ēlep̄ {שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף | šĕ-lōšhme’ōṯ ’ēlep̄} conveys precise troop strength immediately before noting their selected status (bāḥûr {בָּחוּר | bāḥûr}), emphasizing both quantity and quality.
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:5
Amaziah assembled the people of Judah and set commanders over thousands and over hundreds according to their fathers’ houses throughout all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those from twenty years old and upward and found 300,000 choice men , fit to go out to war, able to handle spear and shield.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:5:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Chronicles 25:5, so the Hebrew word אֶ֤לֶף (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.25.5.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.5.W19.S1) and character.