2 Kings 14:7:62 Kgs.14.7.W6TAB
אֲלָפִ֔ים
alafim
“thousands”
- Transliteration
- a-la-FIM
- Extended
- ah-la-FEEM
- IPA
- /ʔălaˈfiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- thousands
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-la-FIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SE-ret a-la-FIM
- clause
HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ve-ta-FAS et-ha-SE-la ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ve-ta-FAS et-ha-SE-la ba-mil-kha-MA va-yik-RA et-she-MA yok-te-EL AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The construct numeral ʿăseret alāphîm {עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים | ʿăseret alāphîm} ‘ten thousand’ functions as direct object quantifier.
In context — 2 Kings 14:7
He struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—ten thousand—and captured the Sela in battle. He named it Joktheel, to this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 14:7, so the Hebrew word אֲלָפִ֔ים (alafim) 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 Kgs.14.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.7.W6.S1) and character.