Exodus 14:20:12Exod.14.20.W12TAB

אֶת־הַלָּ֑יְלָה

ethallaila

“the night”

Transliteration: et-hal-LAI-la
Extended: eht-hal-LAI-lah
IPA: /ʔɛt.halˈlajlaː/

Meaning by language

English: the night

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אֶת + הַל + לָּ֑ + יְלָה

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et + hal + lai + la

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ethallaila

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Tav	t as in top
	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
et-hal-LAI-la
clause
va-ya-VO BEIN ma-kha-NEH mits-RA-yim u-VEIN ma-kha-NEH yis-ra-EL va-ye-HI he-a-NAN ve-ha-KHO-shekh va-ya-ER et-hal-LAI-la
sentence
va-ya-VO BEIN ma-kha-NEH mits-RA-yim u-VEIN ma-kha-NEH yis-ra-EL va-ye-HI he-a-NAN ve-ha-KHO-shekh va-ya-ER et-hal-LAI-la ve-lo-ka-RAV ZEH el-ZEH kol-hal-LAI-la

Exegesis

The paired subjects he‘anan {הֶֽעָנָן | hê-‘a-nān} ‘cloud’ and vehachoshekh {וְהַחֹשֶׁךְ | vê-ḥă-ḥô-shekh} ‘darkness’ set up a contrast that is then resolved by illumination of the night (et-hallailah {אֶת־הַלָּ֑יְלָה | ’et-ha-lai-lāh}).

Root and etymology

l-y-llamed–yod–lamed

“night”

In context — Exodus 14:20

And it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light to the night for these; and neither camp drew near the other all night.

About this coordinate

Exodus 14:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 14:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַלָּ֑יְלָה (ethallaila) 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.14.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.20.W12.S1) and character.

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