Judges 20:35:14Judg.20.35.W14TAB
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
e-ser-IM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef
- clause
va-yig-GOF Ye-ho-VAH ET-bin-ya-MIN lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-yash-khi-TU ve-NE yis-ra-EL be-vin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU e-ser-IM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef u-me-A ISH
- sentence
va-yig-GOF Ye-ho-VAH ET-bin-ya-MIN lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-yash-khi-TU ve-NE yis-ra-EL be-vin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU e-ser-IM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef u-me-A ISH kal-E-le sho-LEF KHA-rev
Exegesis
The compound numeral phrase esrim vachamishah elef umeyah {עֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה אֶלֶף וּמֵאָה | ʿeśrîm vaḥămiššāh ʾelep̄ ū-mê-ʾāh} adheres to Hebrew counting convention.
In context — Judges 20:35
And the LORD struck down Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroyed twenty-five thousand one hundred men in Benjamin on that day, all these wielders of the sword .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:35:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 20:35, 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.20.35.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.35.W14.S1) and character.