Judges 20:21:10Judg.20.21.W10TAB
אֶ֛לֶף
elef
“thousand”
- Transliteration
- E-lef
- Extended
- EH-lehf
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.lɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
she-NAI-im ve-es-RIM E-lef
- clause
va-yash-KHI-tu ve-yis-ra-EL ba-YOM ha-HU she-NAI-im ve-es-RIM E-lef ISH AR-tsa
- sentence
va-ye-TSU be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN min-ha-giv-A va-yash-KHI-tu ve-yis-ra-EL ba-YOM ha-HU she-NAI-im ve-es-RIM E-lef ISH AR-tsa
Exegesis
The numeral phrase shnayim ve-esrim elef {שְׁנַיִם וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶלֶף | shənayyim we‘esrīm ’eleph} ‘twenty-two thousand’ follows Hebrew unit + ten + thousand order.
In context — Judges 20:21
And the sons of Benjamin came out from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand men in Israel on that day to the ground .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 20:21, so the Hebrew word אֶ֛לֶף (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.20.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.21.W10.S1) and character.