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2 Samuel 19:18

“And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֶלֶףʼeleph · eh'-lef
H505 · Hebrew

Definition: hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Derivation: prop, the same as H504 (אֶלֶף);
KJV renderings: thousand.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
אֶ֨לֶף — cardinal number, both genders, singular, absolute
Code HC/Acbsa
Usage: Occurs 507 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 20:16 Genesis 24:60 Exodus 12:37 Exodus 18:21 Exodus 18:25

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֶלֶף here.

Verse 17 Verse 19

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.