1 Chronicles 17:3:21 Chr.17.3.W2TAB
בַּלַּ֣יְלָה
ballaila
“in the night”
- Transliteration
- bal-LAI-la
- Extended
- bahl-LAI-lah
- IPA
- /balˈlajlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the night
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
bal-LAI-la
- phraseyour reading level
bal-LAI-la ha-HU
- clause
va-ye-HI bal-LAI-la ha-HU
- sentence
va-ye-HI bal-LAI-la ha-HU va-ye-HI de-VAR-e-lo-HIM el-na-TAN le-MOR
Exegesis
The temporal adverbial ballailah hahu {בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֑וּא | bā-lay-lāh ha-hûʾ} specifies timing.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:3
And it happened that night that the word of God came to Nathan saying,
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 17:3, so the Hebrew word בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (ballaila) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.17.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.3.W2.S1) and character.