אלף

See also: אַלף and אל״ף

Hebrew edit

Root
א־ל־ף (ʾ-l-p)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- (“thousand; cattle”). Cognate with Arabic ألف.

אֶלֶף • ('élef) m or f (dual אלפיים / אַלְפַּיִם, plural אֲלָפִים, Biblical Hebrew pausal form אָלֶף) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

thousand, one thousand
- Tanach, Exodus 12:37, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וַיִּסְעוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵ רַעְמְסֵס סֻכֹּתָ ה כְּ שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף רַגְלִי הַ גְּבָרִים לְבַד מִטָּף׃
  Va-yis'ú vnéi Yisraél me-ra'msés sukkot-ah k-shesh meót élef raglí ha-gvarím lvád mit-táf
  And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, beside children.

אֶלֶף • ('élef) m (plural indefinite אֲלָפִים, singular construct אֶלֶף־, plural construct אַלְפֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

millennium
thousandship, a part of thousand of a tribe
Synonym: מִשְׁפָּחָה (mišpāḥā́)
- Tanach, Numbers 1:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  אֵלֶּה קְרוּאֵי (קריאי_כתיב) הָ עֵדָה נְשִׂיאֵי מַטּוֹת אֲבוֹתָם רָאשֵׁי אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵם׃
  Élleh qruéi ha-'edáh nsiéi mattót avotám rashei alféi Yisraél hem.
  These were the elect of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.
(chiefly in the plural) head of cattle, animal living in company
- Tanach, Proverbs 14:04, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  בְּ אֵין אֲלָפִים אֵבוּס בָּר וְ רָב־תְּבוּאוֹת בְּכֹחַ שׁוֹר׃
  B-ein alafím evús bar v-rav tvuót b-khóaḥ shor.
  Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

אָלֶף • (álef) f

אִלֵּף • (iléf) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction, passive counterpart אֻלַּף)

אלף • (alef)