Exodus 18:25:10Exod.18.25.W10TAB
אֲלָפִים֙
alafim
“thousands”
- Transliteration
- a-la-FIM
- Extended
- ah-lah-FEEM
- IPA
- /ʔă.laˈfiːm/
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-REI a-la-FIM
- clause
sa-REI a-la-FIM sa-REI meh-OT sa-REI kha-mi-SHIM ve-sa-REI a-sa-ROT
- sentence
va-yiv-KHAR mo-SHEH an-shei-KHA-yil mik-kol-yis-ra-EL va-yit-TEN o-TAM ra-SHIM al-ha-AM sa-REI a-la-FIM sa-REI meh-OT sa-REI kha-mi-SHIM ve-sa-REI a-sa-ROT
In context — Exodus 18:25
And Moses selected men of valor from all Israel, and he set them as heads over the people—chiefs over thousands, chiefs over hundreds, chiefs over fifties, and chiefs over tens.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:25:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 18:25, so the Hebrew word אֲלָפִים֙ (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 Exod.18.25.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.25.W10.S1) and character.