Judges 20:25:13Judg.20.25.W13TAB
אֶ֛לֶף
elef
“thousand”
- Transliteration
- E-lef
- Extended
- EH-lehf
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛlɛf/
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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Word in context
- word
E-lef
- phraseyour reading level
she-MO-nat a-SAR E-lef
- clause
va-ye-TSE bin-ya-MIN lik-ra-TAM min-ha-giv-A ba-YOM ha-she-NI va-yash-khi-TU viv-NE yis-ra-EL OD she-MO-nat a-SAR E-lef ISH AR-tsa
- sentence
va-ye-TSE bin-ya-MIN lik-ra-TAM min-ha-giv-A ba-YOM ha-she-NI va-yash-khi-TU viv-NE yis-ra-EL OD she-MO-nat a-SAR E-lef ISH AR-tsa kol-E-le shol-FE kha-REV
Exegesis
The numeral construct šəmōnaṯ ʻāśār ʾelep̄ {שְׁמֹנַת עָשָׂר אֶלֶף | šəmōnaṯ ʻāśār ʾelep̄} ‘eighteen thousand’ follows Hebrew counting rules.
In context — Judges 20:25
And Benjamin went out from Gibeah to meet them on the second day, and again struck down eighteen thousand men of the sons of Israel, all these wielders of the sword.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:25:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 20:25, 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.20.25.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.25.W13.S1) and character.