Deuteronomy 9:18:8Deut.9.18.W8PAT
לַ֔יְלָה
laila
“nights”
- Transliteration
- LAI-la
- Extended
- LAI-lah
- IPA
- /ˈlajla/
Meaning by language
- English
- nights
- French
- nuits
- Spanish
- noches
- Portuguese
- noites
- German
- Nächte
- Russian
- ночей
- Arabic-Simplified
- ليلةً
- Hindi
- रातें
- Chinese-Simplified
- 夜
- Korean
- 밤
- Indonesian
- malam
- Bengali
- রাত
- Tagalog
- gabi
- Swahili
- usiku
- Amharic
- ሌሊቶች
- Yoruba
- alẹ́
- Igbo
- abalị
- Twi
- anadwo
- Ewe
- zã
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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la
- clause
vah-et-na-PAL lif-NEE Ye-ho-VAH ka-ri-sho-NAH ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la LE-khem LO a-KHAL-ti u-ma-YIM LO sha-TI-ti
- sentence
vah-et-na-PAL lif-NEE Ye-ho-VAH ka-ri-sho-NAH ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la LE-khem LO a-KHAL-ti u-ma-YIM LO sha-TI-ti al kol-KHA-ta-at-KHEM a-SHER kha-ta-TEM la-a-SOT ha-RA be-NEE Ye-ho-VAH le-hakh-I-so
In context — Deuteronomy 9:18
I lay prostrate before LORD as before forty days and forty nights I ate not bread I drank not and water because of all your sins that you sinned to do the evil in the sight of LORD to provoke him to anger
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 9:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 9:18, so the Hebrew word לַ֔יְלָה (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 Deut.9.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.9.18.W8.S1) and character.