אָלַף ʼâlaph — causative, to make a thousandfold
Translated in the KJV as bring forth thousands.
denominative from H505; causative, to make a thousandfold.
ʼâlaph in each stem
Hiph'il
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
מַ֭אֲלִיפוֹת Ps 144:13 Participle (active), feminine plural
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›