Numbers 2:8:5Num.2.8.W5TAB
אֶ֖לֶף
elef
“thousand”
- Transliteration
- E-lef
- Extended
- EH-lef
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.lɛf/
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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Word in context
- word
E-lef
- clause
shiv-AH va-cha-mi-SHIM E-lef ve-AR-ba me-OT
- sentence
u-tse-VA-o u-fe-ku-DA-v shiv-AH va-cha-mi-SHIM E-lef ve-AR-ba me-OT
Exegesis
The Hebrew cardinal numbers are linked additively by vav conjunctions: shivah {שִׁבְעָ֧ה | šivʿāh} ‘seven’, wa-chamishim {וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים | wa-ḥă-miššîm} ‘and fifty’, and elef {אֶ֖לֶף | ʾe-lef} ‘thousand’ combine to form 57,000; ve-arba {וְאַרְבַּ֥ע | wə-ʿăr-bāʿ} ‘and four’ and meot {מֵאֽוֹת | mê-ʾôt} ‘hundreds’ add an additional 400. This structure highlights both military designation and precise enumeration.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-l-p
“thousand, group”
In context — Numbers 2:8
And his army and his counted ones were 57,400.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 2:8, 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.2.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.8.W5.S1) and character.