1 Samuel 15:16:121 Sam.15.16.W12TAB
הַלָּ֑יְלָה
halaila
“this night”
- Transliteration
- ha-LAI-la
- Extended
- hah-LAI-lah
- IPA
- /halˈlajlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- this night
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-LAI-la
- clause
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-sha-UL HE-ref ve-a-gi-DA le-KHA ET a-SHER di-BER ye-ho-VAH e-LAI ha-LAI-la
- sentence
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-sha-UL HE-ref ve-a-gi-DA le-KHA ET a-SHER di-BER ye-ho-VAH e-LAI ha-LAI-la va-yo-MER LO da-BER
Exegesis
The sequence dibber YHWH elay halailah {דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י הַלָּ֑יְלָה | dîbber Yə-hō-wāh ʼelāy hal-lāylāh} situates the revelation in a nocturnal temporal context.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:16
And Samuel said to Saul, "Cease and let me tell you what the LORD spoke to me last night." And he said to him, "Speak."
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 15:16, so the Hebrew word הַלָּ֑יְלָה (halaila) 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 Sam.15.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.16.W12.S1) and character.