Numbers 2:6:5Num.2.6.W5TAB
אֶ֖לֶף
elef
“thousand”
- Transliteration
- E-lef
- Extended
- EH-lehf
- 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-A va-kha-mi-SHIM E-lef ve-ar-BA mei-OT
- sentence
u-tse-VA-o u-fku-DA-v ar-ba-A va-kha-mi-SHIM E-lef ve-ar-BA mei-OT
Exegesis
The predicate consists of a composite numeral phrase: arba'ah {אַרְבָּעָה | ’ar-bā-‘ā} ‘four’ + vachamishim {וַחֲמִשִּׁים | va-ḥa-mî-šîm} ‘and fifty,’ producing fifty-four, followed by elef {אֶלֶף | ’e-lef} ‘thousand,’ and concluded with ve'arba me'ot {וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת | və-’ar-bā me-’ōṯ} ‘and four hundreds.’ Hebrew numbers appear in the order units + tens + thousands + hundreds, whereas English typically orders tens + units + thousands + hundreds; the translation balances fidelity and readability by rendering “fifty-four thousand and four hundred.” The repeated vav signals additive accumulation, maintained in English to preserve the enumerative rhythm.
Root and etymology
’-l-paleph–lamed–pe
“clan, thousand”
In context — Numbers 2:6
And his host and those enrolled with him numbered fifty-four thousand and four hundred.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 2:6, 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.2.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.6.W5.S1) and character.