2 Chronicles 7:5:82 Chr.7.5.W8TAB
אֶ֔לֶף
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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Word in context
- word
E-lef
- clause
va-yiz-BAKH ha-ME-lekh she-lo-MO et-ZE-vakh ha-ba-KAR e-se-RIM u-she-NA-yim E-lef ve-TSON me-A ve-e-se-RIM A-lef
- sentence
va-yiz-BAKH ha-ME-lekh she-lo-MO et-ZE-vakh ha-ba-KAR e-se-RIM u-she-NA-yim E-lef ve-TSON me-A ve-e-se-RIM A-lef va-yakh-ne-KHU et-BET ha-e-lo-HIM ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM
Exegesis
The scale-word construction esrim ushnaim elef {עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁנַיִם אֶלֶף | e·srim u·sh’na·yim e·lef} yields 22,000 cattle, mirrored by me’ah ve’esrim alef {מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים אָלֶף | me·’ah ve·e·srim a·lef} for 120,000 sheep.
In context — 2 Chronicles 7:5
King Solomon sacrificed twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. Then the king and all the people dedicated the house of God .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 7:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 7:5, so the Hebrew word אֶ֔לֶף (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.7.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.7.5.W8.S1) and character.