אֲלַף

«אֲלַף» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: 1,000 — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 4 times · Key: lemma:אֲלַף · BDB: אֲלַ֑ף

Glosses

a.thousand (2); of.thousands (1); the (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

1,000 tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. 1,000 tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. 1,000 (= BH II. אֶ֫לֶף);—abs. א׳ (n. pers. precedes) Dn 5:1; n. om., emph. אַלְפָּא v 1 the thousand (just mentioned); cstr. + pl. abs. אֶ֫לֶף אֲלָפִ֯ים Dn 7:10 a thousand thousands (אַלְפִין K§ 51, 2).

Jastrow 1903

אֲלַף I

The whole Jastrow entry

Targ. O. Ex. XXXVIII, 25 אַלַּף ed. Berl. (Y. אלפא); a. fr.—Snh. 95ᵇ חד א׳ one thousand. Bekh. 8ᵇ מאה א׳ זוזי one hundred thousand zuz; a. fr.—Pl. אַלְפִין, אַלְפַיָּא. Targ. Ex. XXXVIII, 26; a. fr. Targ. I Sam. XVIII, 8; a. fr.—Y. Dem. VII, 26ᵇ bot.; a. fr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אֲלַף» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Daniel 5:1

בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א עֲבַד֙ לְחֶ֣ם רַ֔ב לְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי אֲלַ֑ף וְלָקֳבֵ֥ל אַלְפָּ֖א חַמְרָ֥א שָׁתֵֽה׃

Word for word: Belshazzar the king he.made a.feast great for nobles his a.thousand and (to) before the thousand (the) wine [he.was].drinking

JPS 1917: Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

Daniel 7:10

נְהַ֣ר דִּי־נ֗וּר נָגֵ֤ד וְנָפֵק֙ מִן־קֳדָמ֔וֹהִי אֶ֤לֶף אַלְפִין֙ יְשַׁמְּשׁוּנֵּ֔הּ וְרִבּ֥וֹ רִבְבָ֖ן קָֽדָמ֣וֹהִי יְקוּמ֑וּן דִּינָ֥א יְתִ֖ב וְסִפְרִ֥ין פְּתִֽיחוּ׃

Word for word: a.river (diy).of fire [was].flowing and coming.out from before him a.thousand of.thousands they were.ministering.to.him and a.myriad of.myriads before him they.were.standing the court it.sat and books they.were.opened

JPS 1917: A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

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