Lexical Definition

‎אֶלֶף‎ ʼeleph (eh'-lef) cattle ^H:N-M
from ‎אָלַף‎

family, kine, oxen.

• a family
• also (from the sense of yoking or taming) an ox or cow

1) cattle, oxen
1a) in farming
1b) as a possession

See Greek: ταῦρος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎ֶ֫ אלֶף‎] noun masculine^{Ps 8:8*}; only plural cattle (Phoenician ‎אלף‎, Assyrian alpu, COT^Gloss) — ‎אֲלָפִים‎ Prov 14:4; Isa 30:24 used in tillage; subject to man Ps 8:8* (|| ‎צֹנֶה‎); their increase ‎שְׁגַר אֲלָפֶיךָ‎ a blessing Deut 7:13; Deut 28:4; Deut 28:18; Deut 28:51 (|| all ‎עַשְׁתִּרֹת צאֹנֶ֑ךָ‎).

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