Numbers 2:30:5Num.2.30.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-lo-SHA va-kha-mi-SHIM E-lef ve-AR-ba me-OT
- sentence
u-tse-VA-o u-fe-ku-DEI-hem she-lo-SHA va-kha-mi-SHIM E-lef ve-AR-ba me-OT
Root and etymology
א־ל־ףaleph-lamed-pe
“thousand”
In context — Numbers 2:30
And his army , and their mustered men , totaled fifty-three thousand four hundred.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 2:30, 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.2.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.30.W5.S1) and character.