The number 17,000 has no well-established symbolic meaning in biblical or Jewish tradition.
The number 17,000 does not appear as a symbolically significant number in the Bible or in classical Jewish numerology (gematria). In 1 Chronicles 7:11, "seventeen thousand and two hundred men" are mentioned as warriors among the descendants of Jediael in the tribe of Benjamin, but this is a demographic note related to military muster, without any attributed mystical or symbolic value. The number here serves as a concrete expression of the tribe's military strength in connection with David's census. The number 17 is associated in some biblical interpretations with victory and perfection – for example because it is the sum of 10 (complete order) and 7 (divine perfection). This symbolism has not been transferred to the compound number 17,000 in any known tradition. Military musters and censuses in 1 Chronicles likely reflect administrative lists from the united monarchy or a Persian-period reconstruction of the historical strength of the tribes.*