Exodus 13:22:7Exod.13.22.W7TAB
לָ֑יְלָה
laila
“at night”
- Transliteration
- LAI-la
- Extended
- LAI-lah
- IPA
- /ˈlaj.laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at 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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The word
Word in context
- word
LAI-la
- clause
loh-ya-MISH a-MOOD he-a-NAAN yo-MAM ve-a-MOOD ha-ESH LAI-la
- sentence
loh-ya-MISH a-MOOD he-a-NAAN yo-MAM ve-a-MOOD ha-ESH LAI-la lif-NEI ha-AM
Exegesis
The temporal adverbials yomam {יוֹמָם | yō-mām} ‘by day’ and layelah {לָיְלָה | lā-ylā} ‘by night’ bracket the narrative, while the prepositional phrase lifnei ha-am {לִפְנֵי הָעָם | li-phnê hā-ʿām} ‘before the people’ emphasizes the spatial orientation of divine guidance.
In context — Exodus 13:22
The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people .
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 13:22, so the Hebrew word לָ֑יְלָה (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 Exod.13.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.22.W7.S1) and character.