Numbers 1:39:6Num.1.39.W6TAB
אֶ֖לֶף
elef
“thousand”
- Transliteration
- E-lef
- Extended
- EH-lef
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
E-lef
- clause
she-NA-yim ve-shi-SHIM E-lef u-SHE-va me-OT
- sentence
pe-ku-DEI-hem le-ma-TEH DAN she-NA-yim ve-shi-SHIM E-lef u-SHE-va me-OT
Exegesis
The cardinal sequence shnayim {שְׁנַ֧יִם | shə-nā-yim} ‘two’ + ve-shishim {וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים | və-šish-shim} ‘and sixty’ precedes elef {אֶ֖לֶף | ʾê-lef} ‘thousand’, and u-sheva {וּשְׁבַ֥ע | u-šə-va} ‘and seven’ precedes meot {מֵאֽוֹת | mē-ot} ‘hundreds’, yielding (2 + 60) × 1,000 + (7 × 100) = 62,700. In English the topical subject (‘registered men’) appears first, followed by the tribal locator and the combined numerical expression, thus preserving Hebrew emphasis and structure.
Root and etymology
“thousand”
In context — Numbers 1:39
Their counted ones for the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred .
About this coordinate
Numbers 1:39:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 1:39, so the Hebrew word אֶ֖לֶף (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 Num.1.39.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.1.39.W6.S1) and character.