Numbers 2:23:5Num.2.23.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
kha-mi-SHA u-shlo-SHIM E-lef ve-ar-BA mei-OT
- sentence
u-tse-VA-o u-pe-ku-DEI-hem kha-mi-SHA u-shlo-SHIM E-lef ve-ar-BA mei-OT
Exegesis
The predicate is a cumulative numeral: hamishah {חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה | ḥă·mîš·šāh} ‘five’ + usheloshim {וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים | ū·šəlō·šîm} ‘and thirty’ (yielding thirty-five), followed by elef {אֶ֖לֶף | ʾē·leph} ‘thousand’ and wearba meot {וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת | wə·ʾar·bā·ʿ me·ʾōṯ} ‘and four hundred.’ This order—units before tens before thousands and then hundreds—is characteristic of Hebrew numeration. In English, the copula is supplied (“were” or “totaled”) and the values are consolidated into “35,400,” preserving both precision and readability.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-l-p
“thousand, group”
In context — Numbers 2:23
And his army and their numbered ones were 35,400.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 2:23, 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.2.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.23.W5.S1) and character.