21 ); cf. Mi 5: 1; —Nu 10:36 ( רִבְבֹות אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵלֹ ) 31:5 Jos 22:14 1 S 23:23 apparently shew transit. to this technical use.
III
.
אֶ˜לֶף
S
504, 505, 507
TWOT
108a, 109a
GK
546, 547, 548, 549
n.pr.loc.
city in Benj.,
הָא׳
Jos 18:2
8; perhaps
Lifta
NW. from
Jerus.
Survey
iii. 18.
•
II
. [
אָלַף
S
502, 503
TWOT
108, 109
GK
544, 545
]
vb.
denom.
II . אַלּוּף S 441 TWOT 108b, 109b GK 476, 477 n.m. 1 Ch 1:51 chief, chiliarch
(
denom. from
II.
אֶלֶף
v. Di
Gn 36:15
)
—
א׳
abs.
Gn 36:15
+;
pl. cstr.
אַלּוּפֵי
(
אַלֻּפֵי
)
Ex 15:15
+;
sf.
אַלּוּפֵיהֶם
Gn 36:1
9,
30
—
chief
(tribal) of Edom
Gn 36:15
(5 times)
+
38 times
Gn 36
(
P
);
Ex 15:15
(
E
)
1 Ch 1:51
(4 times)
+
9 times; of Judah
Zc 12:5
,
6
; so
אַלֻּף
9:7
(in
sim.
)
II . [ אָלַף S 502, 503 TWOT 108, 109 GK 544, 545 ] vb. denom. Hiph. ψ 144:13 מַאֲלִיפֹות producing thousands (subj. צֹאן ).
•[אָלַץ S 509 TWOT 110 GK 552 ] vb. Pi. urge (Aramaic ܐܶܠܰܨ (˒elaṣ), Sam. ארצ# ( ˒rץ ) ) 3 fs. וַתְּאַלַצֵהוּ Ju 16:16 ( || הֵצִיקָה לֹו בִדְבָרֶיהָ ).
אַלְקוּם
S
510
TWOT
89d, 90
GK
554
v.
I.
אַל
.
• אֶלְקֹשִׁי S 512 GK 556 adj. gent. c. art. Nahum the Elkoshite Na 1:1
( perhaps = from Elkosh , but locality unknown; identified by Jer Comm. with a village Elcesi in Galilee; cf. also Capernaum ( = כְּפַר נַחוּם ?) Elkosh near Mosul improbable; on etymol., and site of place, v. Da Nahum, etc., 9 ff. GASm Twelve Proph. ii. 79f.
) .
transit. transitive. Jerus. Jerusalem. gent. gentis , of a people, gentilicium .
Comm. Commentary, Commentaries, Commentators. Da A. B. Davidson.
GASm George Adam Smith.