Judges 17:3:2Judg.17.3.W2TAB

אֶת־אֶֽלֶף־וּמֵאָ֥ה

etelefumea

“{the} one thousand and {the} one hundred {of}”

Transliteration: et-E-lef-u-ME-a
Extended: eht-eh-LEF-oo-MEE-ah
IPA: /ʔɛt.ˈʔɛlɛf.uːˈmeːʔaː/

Meaning by language

English: {the} one thousand and {the} one hundred {of}

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אֶת + אֶֽ + לֶף + וּ + מֵ + אָ֥ה

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et + e + lef + u + me + a

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etelefumea

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Tav	t as in top
	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
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Mem	m as in mother
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

word
et-E-lef-u-ME-a
phraseyour reading level
et-E-lef-u-ME-a ha-KE-sef
clause
va-ya-SHEV et-E-lef-u-ME-a ha-KE-sef le-i-MO
sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-E-lef-u-ME-a ha-KE-sef le-i-MO va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH

Exegesis

The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} signals the definite object elef u-meʾah {אֶלֶף־וּמֵאָה | ʾelep̄ wəmēʾāh} “one thousand and one hundred,” where units follow thousands.

In context — Judges 17:3

And he returned the one thousand one hundred pieces of silver to his mother. Then his mother said, “Dedicating I have dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son to make an image and a cast idol. Now I will return it to you.”

About this coordinate

Judges 17:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 17:3, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אֶֽלֶף־וּמֵאָ֥ה (etelefumea) 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.17.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.3.W2.S1) and character.

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