Job 17:12:1Job.17.12.W1TAB
לַ֭יְלָה
laila
“night”
- Transliteration
- LAI-la
- Extended
- LAI-lah
- IPA
- /ˈlajlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
LAI-la
- clause
LAI-la le-YOM ya-SI-mu
- sentence
LAI-la le-YOM ya-SI-mu OR ka-ROV mi-pe-NE-KHO-shekh
Exegesis
The fronted objects laylah {לַיְלָה | laylāh} ‘night’ and leyom {לְיוֹם | lə-yôm} ‘to day’ precede the verb yasimu {יָשִׂימוּ | yāśîmû} ‘they set/place’, producing emphasis: “night—into day—they put,” highlighting the claimed inversion of reality.
Root and etymology
consonantsLamed–Yod–Lamed
“night”
In context — Job 17:12
They turn night into day; light is near in the face of darkness.
About this coordinate
Job 17:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 17:12, so the Hebrew word לַ֭יְלָה (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 Job.17.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.12.W1.S1) and character.