אלף

See also: אַלף and אל״ף

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
א־ל־ף

From Proto-Semitic *ʾalp-.

Numeral

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

  1. (cardinal, ordinal) thousand, one thousand

Noun

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

  1. millennium

Noun

אָלֶף (álef) f

  1. Alternative spelling of אל״ף

Verb

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

  1. defective spelling of אילף

Yiddish

Noun

אלף (alef)

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