Talk:Aluf

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I think this should be merged with Aluf, and Aluf should be made into an article about all Aluf-related ranks. With all due respect, there's absolutely no info we can add to this article, except a possible list of all current Tat-Alufs (and I have no idea where to get such a list, not to mention there are a whole lot of them). -- Y Ynhockey ^(Talk) Y 15:32, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

These here ranks are uncorrect so let me or some one else fix that/ a few days ago i did fixed it but for some reason its now back to be the same wrong!! whats going on in here for pits-sake?! --Mecha man 01:40, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Etymology

According to my old etymological dictionary (Moses Iltis), the term אלוף aluf comes from a verb אלף alāf to be attached to / to be familiar with - אלף elef (cattle) originally meant the familiar (i.e. tame) one. Hence aluf is someone to whom people are attached to, he is the chief of a clan, of people who are familiar with each other.--Rabend 23:39 20 April 2008 (CEST)