Thousand אֶ֫לֶף

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Nov 4, 2026 · 2m

We are in Numbers chapter ten with our word for today. אֶ֫לֶף thousand, group of a thousand, clan, region, tribe. It is used 13 times in the Old Testament, twice in our chapter. Our word is used most of the time in the sense of clan, a group of people related by a common ancestor. Joshua 22:30 When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation, the heads אַלְפֵ֤י of the families of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the people of Manasseh spoke, it was good in their eyes. Judges 6:14-15 And the Lord turned to him and said…