כָּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כָּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙

   KAL-ha-LAI-la

   all the night
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּֽתְעַלְּלוּ־בָ֤הּ כָּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙

   va-yit-a-le-LU-VAH KAL-ha-LAI-la

   and they abused against her all the night
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּדְע֣וּ א֠וֹתָהּ וַיִּֽתְעַלְּלוּ־בָ֤הּ כָּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ עַד־הַבֹּ֔קֶר וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֖וּהָ בעלות כַּעֲל֥וֹת הַשָּֽׁחַר׃

   va-ye-de-U o-TAH va-yit-a-le-LU-VAH KAL-ha-LAI-la ad-ha-BO-ker va-ye-sha-le-KHU-ha be-a-LOT ka-a-LOT ha-sha-KHAR

   and they knew her and they abused against her all the night until the morning and they sent her away at the rising of as the rising of the dawn
4. sentence🔊 וְלֹֽא־אָב֤וּ הָאֲנָשִׁים֙ לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽ ל֔וֹ וַיַּחֲזֵ֤ק הָאִישׁ֙ בְּפִ֣ילַגְשׁ֔וֹ וַיֹּצֵ֥א אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם הַח֑וּץ וַיֵּדְע֣וּ א֠וֹתָהּ וַיִּֽתְעַלְּלוּ־בָ֤הּ כָּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ עַד־הַבֹּ֔קֶר וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֖וּהָ בעלות כַּעֲל֥וֹת הַשָּֽׁחַר׃

   ve-LO-a-VU ha-a-na-SHIM lish-me-MO-a LO va-ya-kha-ZEK ha-ISH be-fi-lag-SHO va-yo-TSE a-LE-hem ha-KHUTS va-ye-de-U o-TAH va-yit-a-le-LU-VAH KAL-ha-LAI-la ad-ha-BO-ker va-ye-sha-le-KHU-ha be-a-LOT ka-a-LOT ha-sha-KHAR

   and not they were willing the men to listen to him and he seized the man by his concubine and he brought out to them outside and they knew her and they abused against her all the night until the morning and they sent her away at the rising of as the rising of the dawn

Exegesis

The Hitpael verb vayit’all’lu {וַיִּֽתְעַלְּלוּ | way-yit-’al-le-lû} with the suffix bah {בָהּ | bāh} “on her” intensifies the act of abuse, stretching through kol-halailah {כָּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ | kol-ha-lay-lāh} “all night” until ad-haboker {עַד־הַבֹּ֔קֶר | ’ad-hā-bō-qer} “until morning.”