Isaiah 16:3:7Isa.16.3.W7TAB
כַלַּ֛יִל
khalayil
“like the night”
- Transliteration
- kha-la-YIL
- Extended
- khah-lah-YIHL
- IPA
- /xa.laˈjil/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the night
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
kha-la-YIL
- phraseyour reading level
SHI-ti kha-la-YIL
- clause
ha-vi-U ha-VI-i E-tsa a-SU pe-li-LA SHI-ti kha-la-YIL tsi-LEKH be-TOKH tsa-ho-ra-YIM
- sentence
ha-vi-U ha-VI-i E-tsa a-SU pe-li-LA SHI-ti kha-la-YIL tsi-LEKH be-TOKH tsa-ho-ra-YIM sat-re-RI nid-da-KHIM no-DED al-te-gal-LI
Exegesis
The simile kallayil {כַלַּ֛יִל | kăl-lā-ýl} ‘like the night’ paired with tsillekh {צִלֵּ֖ךְ | ṣîl-lêḵ} ‘shadow’ and the phrase betokh tsahorayim {בְּתוֹךְ צָהֳרָיִם | bə-tô-ḵ ṣā-hô-ray-yim} ‘in the midst of noonday’ employs striking contrast to emphasize covert protection at the brightest hour.
In context — Isaiah 16:3
Bring counsel, render judgment ; set your shadow like night in the middle of noon; hide the outcasts, and do not reveal the wanderer.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 16:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 16:3, so the Hebrew word כַלַּ֛יִל (khalayil) 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.16.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.3.W7.S1) and character.