Thousand in Hebrew is אֶלֶף (élef).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
אֶלֶף
élef
number
In English
thousand
/ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/ /ˈθawz(ə)nd/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for the number thousand.
cardinal number 1000
- אֶלֶףאלףélefIn the Hebrew dictionary
This is more about the Hebrew word אֶלֶף.
- Written with vowel points
- אֶלֶף
- Written without vowel points
- אלף
- Said
- élef
- Plural
- אֲלָפִים
- Its meanings in English
- thousand, thousand, one thousand
The Hebrew dictionary's page for אלף, with its synonyms and rhymes
These English words share a Hebrew word with thousand.
These words come before and after thousand in the list.
These are the questions people ask about thousand in Hebrew.
How do you say thousand in Hebrew?
thousand in Hebrew is אֶלֶף, said élef. Without vowel points it is written אלף. Its plural is אֲלָפִים.
What else does אלף mean in English?
Besides thousand, אלף can mean thousand, one thousand.
How is thousand pronounced in English?
thousand is pronounced /ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/, /ˈθawz(ə)nd/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry thousand and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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