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title: אָלַף — thousand · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָלַף (503), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: thousand. BDB 1906: vb. denom. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָלַף

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«אָלַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thousand** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 503 · **BDB:** אָלַף³

### Glosses

\[will.be\].producing.thousands (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thousand [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/503/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/503/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. ψ 144:13 מַאֲלִיפוֹת producing thousands (subj. צֹאן).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָלַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/503/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 144:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.144.13/)

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מְזָוֵ֣ינוּ מְלֵאִים֮ מְפִיקִ֥ים מִזַּ֗ן אֶ֫ל־זַ֥ן צֹאונֵ֣נוּ מַ֭אֲלִיפוֹת מְרֻבָּב֗וֹת בְּחוּצוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* granaries our \[will.be\].full providing from kind to kind flocks our \[will.be\].producing.thousands increasing.ten.thousandfold in our.open places

*JPS 1917:* Whose garners are full, affording all manner of store; whose sheep increase by thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

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