H0506 H0506
Aramaic numeral 'thousand,' used in Daniel for large quantities and multitudes.
The Aramaic form of the numeral 'thousand,' equivalent to Hebrew 'eleph. All five occurrences appear in Daniel: Belshazzar's feast for a thousand lords (Dan 5:1) and the vision of God's throne attended by 'a thousand thousands' (Dan 7:10). The emphatic form 'alpha' in Daniel 5:1 refers back to the specific thousand just mentioned. Spanish 'mil,' French 'mille,' and German 'tausend' all render the straightforward numerical value.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The Aramaic cardinal number 'thousand,' used in absolute, emphatic, and construct forms. In Daniel 5:1 it quantifies Belshazzar's banquet guests, while in Daniel 7:10 the repeated construct 'eleph alphim' ('a thousand thousands') evokes the innumerable angelic host before the Ancient of Days. The convergence of Spanish 'mil,' French 'mille,' and German 'tausend' confirms the purely numerical function across all contexts. 5×
AR["(أُلُوفٍ)", "أَلْفٍ", "أَلْفُ", "أُلُوفٍ", "الأَلْفِ"]·ben["(হাজার)", "[হাজার]", "হাজার", "হাজারের"]·DE["[אלפא]", "[אלפין]", "tausend", "tausende"]·EN["(qere:thousands)", "[ketiv:thousands]", "the-thousand", "thousand"]·FR["deux-mille", "mille"]·heb["[אלפים]", "אלף", "אלפים", "ה-אלף"]·HI["(हज़ारों)", "[हज़ारों]", "हज़ार", "हजार", "हजार-के"]·ID["-seribu", "Seribu", "[ribuan]", "ribuan", "seribu"]·IT["[אלפא]", "[אלפין]", "duemila", "mille"]·jav["(sèwu)", "[sèwu]", "sèwu", "sèwu-punika"]·KO["(천들이)", "[천들이]", "천", "천-명", "천의"]·PT["(milhares)", "[milhares]", "mil", "os-mil"]·RU["(тысяч)", "[тысяч]", "тысяча", "тысячей", "тысячи"]·ES["[miles]", "los-mil", "mil", "miles"]·SW["(elfu)", "[elfu]", "elfu"]·TR["(binler)", "[binler]", "bin", "binin"]·urd["ہزار", "ہزار-کے", "ہزاروں"]
Related Senses
H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H8147 1. cardinal number two (666×)G3956 1. all (collective plural) (616×)H3967 1. cardinal numeral hundred (550×)H1419a 1. great, large (general quality) (486×)H7969 1. cardinal number three (431×)H0505 1. cardinal number thousand (427×)H7651 1. seven (cardinal number) (393×)G1520 1. cardinal number one (339×)H6240 1. ten (cardinal number) (334×)H6242 1. twenty (cardinal number) (315×)H2568 1. cardinal number five (309×)H0702 1. four (cardinal number) (277×)G3956 2. every, each (distributive) (227×)H8337 1. six (cardinal number) (215×)G3956 3. all things, everything (substantive) (211×)G3956 4. (187×)H6235 1. ten (177×)G3173 1. great in size or extent (176×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲלַ֑ף 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).