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ʾelef אֶ֫לֶף ‘thousand’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: the same as ʾelef אֶ֫לֶף ‘cattle’
Roots: אלף

ʾelef n, m
1) a thousand
 1a) as numeral
2) a thousand, company
 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops

Mentioned in Genesis 20:16, 24:60 Exodus 34:7, 20:6, 18:21, 32:28, 12:37, 18:25, 38:25, 38:26, 38:28, 38:29 Numbers 1:16, 2:32, 4:40, 31:35, 31:40, 31:46, 31:54, 3:39, 1:41, 2:16, 2:28, 7:85, 10:4, 31:34, 31:39, 2:31, 11:21, 31:48, 26:7, 26:14, 26:18, 26:22, 26:25, 26:27, 26:34, 26:37, 26:41, 26:47, 26:50, 26:51, 31:6, 1:21, 1:23, 1:25, 1:27, 1:29, 1:31, 1:33, 1:35, 1:37, 1:39, 1:43, 1:46, 2:4, 2:6, 2:8, 2:9, 2:11, 2:13, 2:15, 2:19, 2:21, 2:23, 2:24, 2:26, 2:30, 3:22, 3:28, 3:34, 3:43, 3:50, 4:36, 4:44, 4:48, 10:36, 17:14, 25:9, 26:43, 26:62, 31:4, 31:5, 31:14, 31:32, 31:33, 31:36, 31:38, 31:43, 31:44, 31:45, 31:52, 35:4, 35:5 Deuteronomy 1:11, 5:10, 7:9, 32:30, 1:15, 33:17 Joshua 22:14, 7:3, 23:10, 7:4, 8:3, 8:12, 8:25, 3:4, 4:13, 22:21, 22:30 Judges 9:49, 4:6, 5:8, 7:3, 17:2, 12:6, 4:14, 20:45, 1:4, 3:29, 4:10, 8:10, 15:11, 15:15, 15:16, 16:5, 16:27, 20:2, 20:10, 20:15, 20:17, 20:21, 20:25, 20:34, 20:35, 20:44, 20:46, 21:10, 8:26, 17:3 1 Samuel 6:19, 4:10, 13:2, 17:18, 29:2, 4:2, 11:8, 15:4, 24:3, 25:2, 26:2, 18:8, 21:12, 23:23, 10:19, 8:12, 13:5, 17:5, 18:7, 18:13, 22:7, 29:5 2 Samuel 18:12, 17:1, 8:4, 8:5, 10:6, 19:18, 24:9, 24:15, 18:3, 18:4, 6:1, 8:13, 10:18, 18:1, 18:7 1 Kings 5:28, 20:29, 20:15, 5:27, 20:30, 3:4, 5:6, 5:12, 5:25, 5:29, 5:30, 7:26, 8:63, 10:26, 12:21, 19:18 2 Kings 13:7, 18:23, 14:7, 3:4, 5:5, 15:19, 19:35, 24:14, 24:16 Isaiah 36:8, 30:17, 7:23, 37:36, 60:22 Jeremiah 32:18, 52:28, 52:30 Ezekiel 48:8, 48:32, 48:33, 48:34, 45:5, 45:6, 48:20, 48:21, 47:3, 48:10, 48:16, 48:30, 45:1, 45:3, 47:4, 47:5, 48:9, 48:13, 48:15, 48:18, 48:35 Amos 5:3 Micah 6:7, 5:1 Psalms 60:2, 68:18, 84:11, 91:7, 50:10, 90:4, 105:8, 119:72 Job 33:23, 9:3, 42:12, 1:3 Song of Songs 8:11, 4:4, 8:12 Ecclesiastes 7:28, 6:6 Esther 3:9, 9:16 Daniel 8:14, 12:11, 12:12 Ezra 1:9, 8:27, 2:69, 2:64, 1:10, 2:31, 2:65, 1:11, 2:3, 2:6, 2:7, 2:12, 2:14, 2:35, 2:37, 2:38, 2:39, 2:67 Nehemiah 7:69, 7:70, 7:66, 7:34, 7:67, 3:13, 7:8, 7:11, 7:12, 7:17, 7:19, 7:38, 7:40, 7:41, 7:42, 7:68, 7:71 1 Chronicles 7:2, 7:4, 7:7, 7:9, 7:11, 7:40, 9:13, 12:31, 26:26, 26:32, 27:1, 29:6, 27:12, 18:12, 22:14, 5:21, 29:7, 12:28, 29:4, 7:5, 12:30, 26:30, 27:7, 12:15, 27:4, 29:21, 18:4, 18:5, 19:18, 21:5, 21:14, 12:21, 28:1, 23:4, 5:18, 12:25, 12:26, 12:27, 12:32, 12:34, 12:35, 12:36, 12:37, 12:38, 13:1, 15:25, 16:15, 19:6, 19:7, 23:3, 23:5, 27:2, 27:5, 27:8, 27:9, 27:10, 27:11, 27:13, 27:14, 27:15 2 Chronicles 1:2, 2:16, 17:14, 25:5, 26:12, 28:6, 13:3, 13:17, 1:6, 28:8, 35:9, 26:13, 17:11, 12:3, 2:1, 14:8, 14:7, 35:7, 7:5, 35:8, 17:17, 1:14, 2:9, 2:17, 4:5, 9:25, 11:1, 15:11, 17:15, 17:16, 17:18, 25:6, 25:11, 25:12, 25:13, 27:5, 29:33, 30:24

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