Genesis 32:22:2Gen.32.22.W2TABWLC Genesis 32:23
בַּלַּ֣יְלָה
balaila
“in the night”
- Transliteration
- ba-lai-LA
- Extended
- bah-lai-LAA
- IPA
- /bal.lajˈlaː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-lai-LA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KAM ba-lai-LA ha-HU
- clause
va-ya-KAM ba-lai-LA ha-HU va-yi-KAKH et-she-TEI na-SHAV ve-et-she-TEI shi-fe-kho-TAV ve-et-a-KHAD a-SAR ye-la-DAV
- sentence
va-ya-KAM ba-lai-LA ha-HU va-yi-KAKH et-she-TEI na-SHAV ve-et-she-TEI shi-fe-kho-TAV ve-et-a-KHAD a-SAR ye-la-DAV va-ya-a-VOR ET ma-a-VAR ya-BOK
Root and etymology
l-y-llamed–yod–lamed
“night”
In context — Genesis 32:22
He arose in the night , and taking his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven children, he crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
About this coordinate
Genesis 32:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 32:22, 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.32.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.32.22.W2.S1) and character.