Judges 15:16:10Judg.15.16.W10TAB
אֶ֥לֶף
elef
“a thousand”
- Transliteration
- E-lef
- Extended
- EH-lehf
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.lɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- a thousand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-lef
- phraseyour reading level
E-lef ISH
- clause
bil-KHI ha-kha-MOR hi-KEI-ti E-lef ISH
- sentence
va-YO-mer shim-SHON bil-KHI ha-kha-MOR kha-MOR kha-mo-ra-TAI-yim bil-KHI ha-kha-MOR hi-KEI-ti E-lef ISH
Exegesis
Finally, the construct phrase elep ish {אֶלֶף אִֽישׁ | ’ēlêp ’îš} ‘a thousand men’ serves as the direct object quantifier. The English rendition preserves the Hebrew’s parallelism and emphatic structure.
Root and etymology
aleph–lamed–pealeph–lamed–pe
“thousand”
In context — Judges 15:16
Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey—heaps upon heaps ; with the jawbone of a donkey I struck down a thousand men.”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 15:16, so the Hebrew word אֶ֥לֶף (elef) 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 Judg.15.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.16.W10.S1) and character.