Daniel 5:1:7Dan.5.1.W7TAB
אֲלַ֑ף
alef
“a thousand”
- Transliteration
- a-LEF
- Extended
- ah-LEF
- IPA
- /ʔaˈlef/
Meaning by language
- English
- a thousand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-LEF
- clause
bel-sha-TSAR mal-KA a-VAD le-KHEM RAV le-rav-re-va-NO-hi a-LEF
- sentence
bel-sha-TSAR mal-KA a-VAD le-KHEM RAV le-rav-re-va-NO-hi a-LEF ve-la-ko-VEL al-PA kham-RA sha-TE
Exegesis
A benefactive phrase leravrebanoi {לְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי | lə-rab-rə-ḇā-nō-hî} ‘for his nobles’ is quantified by the numeral alaf {אֲלַף | ʾălāp̄} ‘a thousand.’
In context — Daniel 5:1
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and before the thousand he drank wine .
About this coordinate
Daniel 5:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Daniel 5:1, so the Hebrew word אֲלַ֑ף (alef) 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 Dan.5.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.5.1.W7.S1) and character.