אלף

See also: אַלף and אל״ף

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
א־ל־ף (ʾ-l-p)

From Proto-Semitic *ʾalp-.

Numeral

אֶלֶף • ('élef) m or f (dual אלפיים / אַלְפַּיִם, plural אֲלָפִים, Biblical Hebrew pausal form אָלֶף) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. thousand, one thousand

Noun

אֶלֶף • ('élef) m (plural indefinite אֲלָפִים, singular construct אֶלֶף־, plural construct אַלְפֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. millennium
2. thousandship, a part of thousand of a tribe

   Synonym: מִשְׁפָּחָה (mišpāḥā́)

3. (chiefly in the plural) head of cattle, animal living in company

Etymology 2

Noun

אָלֶף • (álef) f

1. Alternative spelling of אל״ף

Etymology 3

Verb

אִלֵּף • (iléf) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart אֻלַּף)

1. defective spelling of אילף

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Yiddish

Noun

אלף • (alef)

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אַלף (alef).