Judges 16:3:4Judg.16.3.W4TAB
הַלַּיְלָה֒
halaila
“the night”
- Transliteration
- ha-LAI-la
- Extended
- hah-LAI-lah
- IPA
- /halˈlajlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the night
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ha-LAI-la
- phraseyour reading level
ad-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la
- clause
va-yish-KAV shim-SHON ad-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ya-KAM ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-e-KHOZ be-dal-TOT SHA-ar-ha-IR u-vish-TEI ha-me-zu-ZOT va-yis-sa-EM im-ha-be-ri-AKH va-ya-SEM al-ke-te-FAIV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV shim-SHON ad-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ya-KAM ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-e-KHOZ be-dal-TOT SHA-ar-ha-IR u-vish-TEI ha-me-zu-ZOT va-yis-sa-EM im-ha-be-ri-AKH va-ya-SEM al-ke-te-FAIV va-ya-a-LEM el-ROSH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI khev-RON
Exegesis
The temporal phrase ʿad-khaṣṣî ha-laylāh {עַד־חֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה | ʿad-ḥaṣṣî ha-laylāh} denotes “midnight.”
In context — Judges 16:3
Samson lay down until midnight, and then he arose and grasped the doors of the city gate along with the two doorposts, carried them together with the bolt, placed them on his shoulders, and brought them up to the top of the mountain that faces Hebron .
About this coordinate
Judges 16:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 16:3, so the Hebrew word הַלַּיְלָה֒ (halaila) 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 Judg.16.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.3.W4.S1) and character.