Judges 16:27:11Judg.16.27.W11TAB
אֲלָפִים֙
alafim
“thousands”
- Transliteration
- a-la-FIM
- Extended
- ah-la-FEEM
- IPA
- /ʔălaˈfiːm/
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
kish-lo-SHET a-la-FIM
- clause
ve-al-ha-GAG kish-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH ve-i-SHA ha-ro-IM bis-KHOK shim-SHON
- sentence
ve-ha-BA-yit ma-LE ha-a-na-SHIM ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-SHA-ma KOL sar-NE pe-lish-TIM ve-al-ha-GAG kish-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH ve-i-SHA ha-ro-IM bis-KHOK shim-SHON
Exegesis
The approximate numeral kishloshet alafim {כִּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ | kiss-lō-šêt ʾă-lā-p̄îm} ‘about three thousand’ modifies ish ve-ishah {אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֔ה | ʾîš wə-ʾîš-šāh} ‘man and woman’.
In context — Judges 16:27
And the house was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were present, and on the roof there were about three thousand men and women watching Samson in amusement.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:27:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 16:27, 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 Judg.16.27.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.27.W11.S1) and character.