Genesis 19:33:4Gen.19.33.W4TAB
בַּלַּ֣יְלָה
balaila
“in the night”
- Transliteration
- ba-LAI-la
- Extended
- bah-LAI-lah
- IPA
- /bal.ˈlaj.laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the night
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ba-LAI-la
- phraseyour reading level
ba-LAI-la HU
- clause
va-tash-KEI-na et-a-vi-HEN YA-yin ba-LAI-la HU
- sentence
va-tash-KEI-na et-a-vi-HEN YA-yin ba-LAI-la HU va-ta-VO ha-be-khi-RA va-ti-she-KAV et-a-VI-a ve-lo-ya-DA be-shi-khe-VAH u-ve-ku-MAH
Exegesis
The temporal adverbial ballailah {בַּלַּיְלָה | bal-lay-lāh} ‘at night’ sets the timeframe before hu {הוּא | hûʾ}, the emphatic resumptive pronoun linking to the following actions.
In context — Genesis 19:33
So they made their father drink wine that night. Then the elder daughter came in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:33:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 19:33, so the Hebrew word בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (balaila) 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.19.33.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.33.W4.S1) and character.