Aluf

Strong's Christian Bible Concordance, however connects the word used to describe the Dukes of Edom to a different root "alf" denoting a teacher and the root for the animal 'ox' from which the letter aleph itself is derived, rather than eleph thousand; the same 3 letters comprise them both, however.

During the Yom Kippur War in 1973, retired Rav Aluf Haim Bar-Lev was recalled into service, replacing Shmuel Gonen as the commander of the southern theater.

Thus, along with Chief of the General Staff David Elazar (who had succeeded Bar-Lev in that position the previous year), there were two rav alufs in active service.

Israel is essentially a land and air power, with the navy receiving less than five percent of the military budget.

I hear the voices, and I am happy with myself, because this means we succeeded in changing the agenda in the State of Israel.