Hebrew word
ʼălaph
al-af'
אֲלַף
What it means
{hence a thousand}
{hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand}
Where it comes from
(Aramaic) or אֶלֶף; (Aramaic), corresponding to ʼeleph (אֶלֶף)