Numbers 2:24:6Num.2.24.W6TAB
וּשְׁמֹֽנַת־אֲלָפִ֥ים
ushmonatalafim
“and eight thousand”
- Transliteration
- u-shmo-NAT-a-la-FIM
- Extended
- oo-sheh-mo-NAHT-ah-lah-FEEM
- IPA
- /uʃ.moˈnat.ʔa.laˈfim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and eight thousand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-shmo-NAT-a-la-FIM
- phraseyour reading level
u-shmo-NAT-a-la-FIM u-me-AH
- clause
KOL-ha-pe-ku-DEEM le-ma-kha-NEH ef-ra-YIM me-AT E-lef u-shmo-NAT-a-la-FIM u-me-AH le-tsiv-o-TAM
- sentence
KOL-ha-pe-ku-DEEM le-ma-kha-NEH ef-ra-YIM me-AT E-lef u-shmo-NAT-a-la-FIM u-me-AH le-tsiv-o-TAM u-shli-SHIM yis-SA-u
Exegesis
The numeric sequence me’at elef u-shmonat-alafim u-me’ah {מְאַ֥ת אֶ֛לֶף וּשְׁמֹֽנַת־אֲלָפִ֥ים וּמֵאָ֖ה | mə-ʾat ʾě-lef ū-šᵊ-mō-nat-ʾă-lā-p̄īm ū-mē-ʾāh} ‘hundred thousand and eight thousand and one hundred’ follows the Hebrew additive pattern with vav conjunctions.
In context — Numbers 2:24
All the mustered of the camp of Ephraim numbered one hundred eight thousand and one hundred for their divisions , and they set out third.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 2:24, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁמֹֽנַת־אֲלָפִ֥ים (ushmonatalafim) 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.2.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.24.W6.S1) and character.