See אלף in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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88
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"ref": "Tanach, Exodus 12:37, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "vayis'ú v'né yisra'él mera'msés sukóta k'shésh me'ót élef raglí hagvarím l'vád mitáf",
"text": "וַיִּסְעוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵרַעְמְסֵס סֻכֹּתָה כְּשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף רַגְלִי הַגְּבָרִים לְבַד מִטָּף׃",
"translation": "And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, beside children.",
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"ref": "Tanach, Numbers 1:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "éle kru'é ha'edá n'si'é matót avotám rashé alfé yisra'él hem.",
"text": "אֵלֶּה קְרוּאֵי (קריאי) הָעֵדָה נְשִׂיאֵי מַטּוֹת אֲבוֹתָם רָאשֵׁי אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵם׃",
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"ref": "Tanach, Proverbs 14:04, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "b'én alafím evús bar v'rav tvu'ót b'khóakh shor.",
"text": "בְּאֵין אֲלָפִים אֵבוּס בָּר וְרָב־תְּבוּאוֹת בְּכֹחַ שׁוֹר׃",
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"ref": "Tanach, Exodus 12:37, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "vayis'ú v'né yisra'él mera'msés sukóta k'shésh me'ót élef raglí hagvarím l'vád mitáf",
"text": "וַיִּסְעוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵרַעְמְסֵס סֻכֹּתָה כְּשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף רַגְלִי הַגְּבָרִים לְבַד מִטָּף׃",
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"Pages with entries"
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"etymology_links": [
[
"*ʔalp-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔalp-"
],
[
"ألف",
"ألف#Arabic"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "א־ל־ף"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "he-rootbox"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "sem-pro",
"3": "*ʔalp-",
"t": "thousand; cattle"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- (“thousand; cattle”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "ألف",
"tr": "ʔalf"
},
"expansion": "Arabic ألف (ʔalf)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- (“thousand; cattle”). Cognate with Arabic ألف (ʔalf).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "קֶטֶל",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "אֶלֶף",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "élef",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "אֲלָפִים",
"links": [
[
"אֲלָפִים",
"אלפים"
]
],
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "אֶלֶף־",
"links": [
[
"אֶלֶף־",
"אלף"
]
],
"tags": [
"construct",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "אַלְפֵי־",
"links": [
[
"אַלְפֵי־",
"אלפי"
]
],
"tags": [
"construct",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"cons": "אֶלֶף",
"g": "m",
"pat": "קֶטֶל",
"pl": "אֲלָפִים",
"plcons": "אַלְפֵי",
"tr": "élef",
"wv": "אֶלֶף"
},
"expansion": "אֶלֶף • (élef) m (plural indefinite אֲלָפִים, singular construct אֶלֶף־, plural construct אַלְפֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]",
"name": "he-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"millennium"
],
"links": [
[
"millennium",
"millennium"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
67,
74
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
113,
122
]
],
"english": "These were the elect of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.",
"ref": "Tanach, Numbers 1:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "éle kru'é ha'edá n'si'é matót avotám rashé alfé yisra'él hem.",
"text": "אֵלֶּה קְרוּאֵי (קריאי) הָעֵדָה נְשִׂיאֵי מַטּוֹת אֲבוֹתָם רָאשֵׁי אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵם׃",
"translation": "These were the elect of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"thousandship, a part of thousand of a tribe"
],
"links": [
[
"thousandship",
"thousandship"
],
[
"thousand",
"thousand"
],
[
"tribe",
"tribe"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "מִשְׁפָּחָה"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with quotations",
"he:Bovines"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
8,
16
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
13
]
],
"english": "Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.",
"ref": "Tanach, Proverbs 14:04, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "b'én alafím evús bar v'rav tvu'ót b'khóakh shor.",
"text": "בְּאֵין אֲלָפִים אֵבוּס בָּר וְרָב־תְּבוּאוֹת בְּכֹחַ שׁוֹר׃",
"translation": "Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"head of cattle, animal living in company"
],
"links": [
[
"head",
"head"
],
[
"cattle",
"cattle"
],
[
"animal",
"animal"
],
[
"living",
"live"
],
[
"company",
"company"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly in the plural) head of cattle, animal living in company"
],
"tags": [
"in-plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʔalpʰ/",
"note": "reconstructed Biblical"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʔɛlɛf/",
"note": "Tiberian"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʔɛːlɛf]",
"note": "Tiberian"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʔalaf/",
"note": "Yemenite"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʔæːlæf]",
"note": "Yemenite"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈ(ʔ)elef/",
"tags": [
"Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛlɛf/",
"note": "Ashkenazi"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈ(ʔ)elef/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli"
]
}
],
"word": "אלף"
}
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew feminine nouns",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
"Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
"Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
"Hebrew nouns",
"Hebrew pi'el verbs",
"Hebrew verbs",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "alefbet",
"word": "אָלֶפְבֵּית"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "aleph"
}
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"forms": [
{
"form": "אָלֶף",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "álef",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "f",
"tr": "álef",
"wv": "אָלֶף"
},
"expansion": "אָלֶף • (álef) f",
"name": "he-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "אל״ף"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative spelling of אל״ף"
],
"links": [
[
"אל״ף",
"אל״ף#Hebrew"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʔalpʰ/",
"note": "reconstructed Biblical"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʔɔːlɛf/",
"note": "Tiberian"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʔɔːlɛf]",
"note": "Tiberian"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʔɔlaf/",
"note": "Yemenite"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʔɔːlæf]",
"note": "Yemenite"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈ(ʔ)ɒlef/",
"tags": [
"Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔlɛf/",
"note": "Ashkenazi"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈ(ʔ)alef/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli"
]
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Buffer-%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A3.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Buffer-%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A3.wav.mp3",
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}
],
"word": "אלף"
}
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew pi'el verbs",
"Hebrew verbs",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": "3",
"forms": [
{
"form": "אִלֵּף",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "iléf",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "אֻלַּף",
"links": [
[
"אֻלַּף",
"אלף"
]
],
"tags": [
"passive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"head": "אִלֵּף",
"pass": "אֻלַּף",
"tr": "iléf"
},
"expansion": "אִלֵּף • (iléf) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart אֻלַּף)",
"name": "he-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "אילף"
}
],
"categories": [
"Hebrew defective spellings",
"Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters"
],
"glosses": [
"defective spelling of אילף"
],
"links": [
[
"אילף",
"אילף#Hebrew"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"construction-pi'el",
"misspelling"
]
}
],
"word": "אלף"
}
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