1 Kings 19:8:111 Kgs.19.8.W11TAB
לַ֔יְלָה
laila
“night”
- Transliteration
- LAI-la
- Extended
- LAI-lah
- IPA
- /ˈlaj.laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- night
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LAI-la
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-KHO-akh ha-a-khi-LA ha-HI ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la AD HAR ha-e-lo-HIM kho-REV
- sentence
va-YA-kam va-YO-khal va-yish-TE va-YE-lekh be-KHO-akh ha-a-khi-LA ha-HI ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la AD HAR ha-e-lo-HIM kho-REV
Exegesis
The idiom arbaʿim yom wə-arbaʿim laylāh {אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יוֹם֙ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים לַ֔יְלָה | ʾar-bā-ʿîm yôm wə-ar-bā-ʿîm lay-lāh} ‘forty days and forty nights’ expresses a complete period of trial.
In context — 1 Kings 19:8
He rose, ate, and drank; then, strengthened by that food, he journeyed forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 19:8, so the Hebrew word לַ֔יְלָה (laila) 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 Kgs.19.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.8.W11.S1) and character.