Psalm 19:2:5Ps.19.2.W5TABWLC Psalms 19:3
וְלַ֥יְלָה
velaila
“and night”
- Transliteration
- ve-LAI-la
- Extended
- veh-LAI-lah
- IPA
- /vəˈlajlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and night
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-LAI-la
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LAI-la le-LAI-la
- clause
O-mer ve-LAI-la le-LAI-la ye-kha-VE-da-AT
- sentence
YOM le-YOM ya-BI-a O-mer ve-LAI-la le-LAI-la ye-kha-VE-da-AT
Exegesis
The verse features synonymous parallelism between the distributive pairs yom {יוֹם | yōm} ‘day’ + lə-yōm {לְיוֹם | lə-yōm} ‘to-day’ and laylāh {לַיְלָה | laylāh} ‘night’ + lə-laylāh {לְלַיְלָה | lə-laylāh} ‘to-night,’ each framing a continuous action.
Root and etymology
ל־י־ל
“night”
In context — Psalm 19:2
Day after day pours forth speech , and night after night reveals knowledge .
About this coordinate
Psalm 19:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Psalm 19:2, so the Hebrew word וְלַ֥יְלָה (velaila) 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 Ps.19.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.19.2.W5.S1) and character.