2 Samuel 18:1:92 Sam.18.1.W9TAB
אֲלָפִ֖ים
alafim
“thousands”
- Transliteration
- a-la-FIM
- Extended
- ah-laa-FEEM
- IPA
- /ʔălaːˈfiːm/
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
sa-RE a-la-FIM
- clause
va-ya-SEM a-LE-hem sa-RE a-la-FIM ve-sa-RE me-OT
- sentence
va-yif-KOD da-VID et-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-SEM a-LE-hem sa-RE a-la-FIM ve-sa-RE me-OT
Exegesis
The construct chains sarei alafim {שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים | sā-rê ʾă-lā-pîm} and sarei meot {שָׂרֵי מֵאוֹת | sā-rê mê-ʾōṯ} denote hierarchical units rendered literally as “commanders of thousands” and “commanders of hundreds.”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:1
And David mustered the people who were with him, and he appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 18:1, so the Hebrew word אֲלָפִ֖ים (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 Sam.18.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.1.W9.S1) and character.