Numbers 2:4:5Num.2.4.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
ar-ba-AH ve-shiv-IM E-lef ve-SHESH me-OT
- sentence
u-tse-VA-o u-fe-ku-DEI-hem ar-ba-AH ve-shiv-IM E-lef ve-SHESH me-OT
Exegesis
The phrase ’arbā‘āh wə-šiv-‘îm ’ēleph {אַרְבָּעָ֧ה וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף | ’ar-bā-‘āh wə-šiv-‘îm ʾe-lef} ‘four and seventy thousand’ uses an additive plus multiplicative formula ((4 + 70) × 1,000), followed by wə-šeš me-’ōt {וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת | wə-šeš me-’ōt} ‘and six hundreds’ as a secondary multiplier (6 × 100), totaling 74,600. Hebrew syntax places the numeral phrases after the nouns they quantify, and the consistent waw prefixes underscore the orderly progression, while English translation reorders the components into standard thousands grouping for clarity.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-l-p
“thousand, group”
In context — Numbers 2:4
And his army, with their numbered ones , was seventy-four thousand six hundred .
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 2:4, 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.2.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.4.W5.S1) and character.