Genesis 14:15:3Gen.14.15.W3TAB
לַ֛יְלָה
laila
“by night”
- Transliteration
- LAI-la
- Extended
- LAI-lah
- IPA
- /ˈlaj.laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by 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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Word in context
- word
LAI-la
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-kha-LEK a-lei-HEM LAI-la
- clause
va-ye-kha-LEK a-lei-HEM LAI-la HU va-a-va-DAV va-ya-KEM
- sentence
va-ye-kha-LEK a-lei-HEM LAI-la HU va-a-va-DAV va-ya-KEM va-yir-de-FEM ad-kho-VA a-SHER mis-se-MOL le-dam-ma-SEK
Exegesis
The temporal setting is then marked by layla {לַיְלָה | lāy-lāh} ‘night’, with the sequence “against them by night” tightly connecting tactic and timing.
In context — Genesis 14:15
And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants , and he struck them and pursued them as far as Hobah , which is to the north of Damascus.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 14:15, so the Hebrew word לַ֛יְלָה (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 Gen.14.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.15.W3.S1) and character.