Numbers 14:1:7Num.14.1.W7TAB
בַּלַּ֥יְלָה
balaila
“that night”
- Transliteration
- ba-LAI-la
- Extended
- bah-LAI-lah
- IPA
- /balˈlajlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that night
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-LAI-la
- phraseyour reading level
ba-LAI-la ha-HU
- clause
va-yiv-KU ha-AM ba-LAI-la ha-HU
- sentence
va-ti-SA kol-ha-e-DA va-yit-NU et-ko-LAM va-yiv-KU ha-AM ba-LAI-la ha-HU
Exegesis
The temporal clause balaylah hahu {בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא | ba-lay-lāh ha-hû} “that night” specifies the occasion. In the dynamic version, the time expression is fronted for natural English flow without altering the original sequence of events.
In context — Numbers 14:1
Then all the congregation lifted up their voice, and the people wept that night.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 14:1, so the Hebrew word בַּלַּ֥יְלָה (balaila) 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 Num.14.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.1.W7.S1) and character.