Numbers 22:20:4Num.22.20.W4TAB
לַיְלָה֒
laila
“at night”
- Transliteration
- lai-LA
- Extended
- lai-LAH
- IPA
- /lajˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at 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
va-ya-VO e-lo-HIM el-bil-AM lai-LA va-yo-MER LO im-lik-RO le-KHA BA-u ha-a-na-SHIM KUM LEKH it-TAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-lo-HIM el-bil-AM lai-LA va-yo-MER LO im-lik-RO le-KHA BA-u ha-a-na-SHIM KUM LEKH it-TAM ve-AKH et-ha-da-VAR a-sher-a-da-BER e-lei-KHA o-TO ta-a-SE
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-bilʿām {אֶל־בִּלְעָם | ʾel Bilʿām} marks movement to the seer, while laylā {לַיְלָה | laylā} as a temporal adverbial sets the scene.
Root and etymology
ל־י־ל
“night”
In context — Numbers 22:20
And God came to Balaam by night, and He said to him, “If these men have come to summon you, rise and go with them; but only the word which I speak to you you shall do.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 22:20, so the Hebrew word לַיְלָה֒ (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 Num.22.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.20.W4.S1) and character.