Judges 20:34:5Judg.20.34.W5TAB
אֲלָפִ֨ים
alafim
“thousands”
- Transliteration
- a-la-FIM
- Extended
- ah-laa-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
a-se-RET a-la-FIM ISH ba-KHUR
- clause
va-yo-VU mi-NE-ged la-giv-A a-se-RET a-la-FIM ISH ba-KHUR mi-kol-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-mil-kha-MA ka-ve-DA
- sentence
va-yo-VU mi-NE-ged la-giv-A a-se-RET a-la-FIM ISH ba-KHUR mi-kol-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-mil-kha-MA ka-ve-DA ve-HEM LO ya-de-U ki-no-GA-at a-le-HEM ha-ra-A
Exegesis
The construct chain ’ăseret ’ălafim īsh bāḥūr {עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ בָּחוּר | ’ă-se-ret ’ă-la-fim ’îsh bā-ḥūr} ‘ten thousand chosen men’ signals a quantified force drawn from all Israel.
In context — Judges 20:34
Ten thousand chosen men from all Israel came against Gibeah , and the battle was heavy . They did not know that disaster was reaching upon them.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 20:34, so the Hebrew word אֲלָפִ֨ים (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.20.34.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.34.W5.S1) and character.