Deuteronomy 16:1:15Deut.16.1.W15TAB
לָֽיְלָה׃
laila
“by night”
- Transliteration
- LAI-la
- Extended
- LAI-lah
- IPA
- /ˈlajlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by night
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
LAI-la
- clause
KI be-KHO-desh ha-a-VIV ho-tsi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mi-mits-RA-yim LAI-la
- sentence
sha-MOR ET-KHO-desh ha-a-VIV ve-a-SI-ta PE-sakh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha KI be-KHO-desh ha-a-VIV ho-tsi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mi-mits-RA-yim LAI-la
Exegesis
Finally, the phrases min-mî-ṣrā-yim {מִמִּצְרַיִם | min-mî-ṣrā-yim} ‘from Egypt’ and lā-yə-lā {לָיְלָה | lā-yə-lā} ‘by night’ anchor the practice in its historical and temporal context.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–yod–lamed
“night”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:1
Keep watch over the month of Aviv and uphold the Passover to the LORD your God , because it was in Aviv, by night, that the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:1:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 16:1, so the Hebrew word לָֽיְלָה׃ (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 Deut.16.1.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.1.W15.S1) and character.