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Numbers 31:4

“Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.” (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: אֶ֚לֶף — cardinal number, both genders, singular, absolute
Code HAcbsa
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 3 Verse 5

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.