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H506 · אֲלַף

ʼălaph

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

{hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand}

KJV gloss list in the source

thousand.

Source pronunciation notation: al-af'

Derivation recorded by Strong

(Aramaic) or אֶלֶף; (Aramaic), corresponding to H505 (אֶלֶף)

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