Numbers 2:19:4Num.2.19.W4TAB
אֶ֖לֶף
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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The word
Word in context
- word
E-lef
- phraseyour reading level
ar-ba-IM E-lef
- clause
ar-ba-IM E-lef va-kha-MESH me-OT
- sentence
u-tse-VA-o u-pe-ku-DEI-hem ar-ba-IM E-lef va-kha-MESH me-OT
Exegesis
This is followed by the Hebrew compound numeral sequence arbaim {אַרְבָּעִ֥ים | ’arba‘îm} ‘forty’ + elef {אֶ֖לֶף | ’elef} ‘thousand’ + vachamesh {וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ | va-ḥă-mêš} ‘and five’ + meot {מֵאֽוֹת | mê’ōṯ} ‘hundreds’, which together yield 40,500. The construct chain and parallel structure emphasize the organized military census of the Israelite tribes, and the enumeration order is maintained in the English for precision.
Root and etymology
א־ל־ף
“thousand”
In context — Numbers 2:19
And his army, and their counted numbers , were forty thousand and five hundred .
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 2:19, 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.2.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.19.W4.S1) and character.