אלף

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]

1. thousand, one thousand
   • Exodus 12:37, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וַיִּסְעוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵרַעְמְסֵס סֻכֹּתָה כְּשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף רַגְלִי הַגְּבָרִים 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]

1. millennium
2. thousandship, a part of thousand of a tribe
   • Numbers 1:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏אֵלֶּה קְרוּאֵי (קריאי_כתיב) הָעֵדָה 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.

   Synonym: מִשְׁפָּחָה‎ (mišpāḥā́)

3. (chiefly in the plural) head of cattle, animal living in company
   • Proverbs 14:04, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏בְּאֵין אֲלָפִים אֵבוּס בָּר וְרָב־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

1. Alternative spelling of אל״ף‎

• אָלֶפְבֵּית‎ (alefbet)

אִלֵּף • (iléf) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart אֻלַּף)

1. defective spelling of אילף‎

אלף • (alef)

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אַלף‎ (alef).