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

Result
בַּל + לַּ֣ + יְלָה
bal + lai + la
ballaila

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    bal-LAI-la

  2. phraseyour reading level

    bal-LAI-la ha-HU

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI bal-LAI-la ha-HU

  4. 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 context1 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.