2 Chronicles 25:6:42 Chr.25.6.W4TAB
אֶ֛לֶף
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
me-A E-lef
- sentence
va-yis-KOR mi-yis-ra-EL me-A E-lef gi-BOR KHA-yil be-me-A khi-KAR-ka-SEF
Exegesis
The numeric construct meah elef {מֵ֥אָה אֶ֛לֶף | mē-ʾāh ˀe-lef} ‘one hundred thousand’ pairs a hundred with a thousand in the standard Hebrew system.
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:6
And he hired from Israel one hundred thousand mighty men of valor for a hundred talents of silver .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 25:6, so the Hebrew word אֶ֛לֶף (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.25.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.6.W4.S1) and character.