Isaiah 15:1:4Isa.15.1.W4TAB
בְּלֵ֞יל
belel
“in the night of”
- Transliteration
- be-LEL
- Extended
- beh-LEEL
- IPA
- /bəˈleːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the night of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
be-LEL
- clause
KI be-LEL shu-DAD AR mo-AV nid-MA KI be-LEL shu-DAD kir-mo-AV nid-MA
- sentence
ma-SA mo-AV KI be-LEL shu-DAD AR mo-AV nid-MA KI be-LEL shu-DAD kir-mo-AV nid-MA
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ signals causation, and the temporal phrase be-leil {בְּלֵיל | bə-lêl} ‘in night’ establishes sudden timing.
In context — Isaiah 15:1
A proclamation about Moab: in the night Ar of Moab is destroyed and silenced ; in the night Kir of Moab is destroyed and silenced.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 15:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 15:1, so the Hebrew word בְּלֵ֞יל (belel) 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 Isa.15.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.1.W4.S1) and character.