Numbers 2:21:5Num.2.21.W5TAB
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-im u-she-lo-SHIM E-lef u-ma-ta-YIM
- sentence
u-tse-VA-o u-pe-ku-DEI-hem she-NA-im u-she-lo-SHIM E-lef u-ma-ta-YIM
Exegesis
The following sequence shenayim ushlošim elef umatayim {שְׁנַ֧יִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁים אֶ֖לֶף וּמָאתָֽיִם} employs the Hebrew numeral structure (unit + tens) × 1,000 + hundreds to yield 32,200. In translation, this order is adapted into English numerical convention (“thirty-two thousand and two hundred”), and the absence of an explicit verb in Hebrew is conveyed by introducing “were” to maintain grammatical cohesion.
Root and etymology
א-ל-ף
“thousand”
In context — Numbers 2:21
And his division and their registered number were thirty-two thousand and two hundred.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 2:21, 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.2.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.21.W5.S1) and character.