2 Samuel 18:3:192 Sam.18.3.W19TAB
אֲלָפִ֑ים
alafim
“thousands”
- Transliteration
- a-la-FIM
- Extended
- ah-laa-FIHM
- IPA
- /ʔă.laːˈfiːm/
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-sa-RA a-la-FIM
- clause
va-yo-MER ha-AM LO te-TSE KI IM-NOS na-NUS LO-ya-SI-mu e-LE-nu LEV ve-IM-ya-MU-tu khe-tsye-NU LO-ya-SI-mu e-LE-nu LEV KI-a-TA kha-MO-nu a-sa-RA a-la-FIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-AM LO te-TSE KI IM-NOS na-NUS LO-ya-SI-mu e-LE-nu LEV ve-IM-ya-MU-tu khe-tsye-NU LO-ya-SI-mu e-LE-nu LEV KI-a-TA kha-MO-nu a-sa-RA a-la-FIM ve-a-TA TOV KI-ti-he-YE-la-NU me-IR la-ziR la-ZOR
Exegesis
The simile kamonu asara alafim {כָּמוֹנוּ עֲשָׂרָה אֲלָפִים | kā·mō·nû ʾa·śā·râ ʾā·lā·p̄îm} “you are like ten thousand” emphasizes David’s value.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:3
But the people said, “You shall not go out, for if we flee or are made to flee, they will not set their hearts upon us; even if half of us die, they will not set their hearts upon us. For now you are like ten thousand of us, so it is better that you give help to us from the city.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:3:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Samuel 18:3, so the Hebrew word אֲלָפִ֑ים (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.18.3.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.3.W19.S1) and character.