Exodus 12:29:3Exod.12.29.W3PAT
הַלַּ֗יְלָה
halaila
“the night”
- Transliteration
- ha-LAI-la
- Extended
- hah-LAI-lah
- IPA
- /hal.ˈlaj.laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the night
- French
- la nuit
- Spanish
- la noche
- Portuguese
- a noite
- German
- die Nacht
- Russian
- ночи
- Arabic-Simplified
- اللَّيْلِ
- Hindi
- उस रात
- Chinese-Simplified
- 那夜
- Korean
- 그 밤
- Indonesian
- malam itu
- Bengali
- রাত্রিটি
- Tagalog
- gabi
- Swahili
- usiku
- Amharic
- ሌሊቱ
- Yoruba
- òru náà
- Igbo
- abalị ahụ
- Twi
- anadwo no
- Ewe
- zã la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-LAI-la
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-ho-VAH hi-KAH khol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR par-OH ha-yo-SHEV al-KIS-o AD be-KHOR ha-she-VI a-SHER be-VEIT ha-BOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-ho-VAH hi-KAH khol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR par-OH ha-yo-SHEV al-KIS-o AD be-KHOR ha-she-VI a-SHER be-VEIT ha-BOR ve-KHOL be-KHOR be-he-MAH
In context — Exodus 12:29
and it happened at the middle of the night and the LORD struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt from the firstborn of Pharaoh the one sitting on his throne as far as the firstborn of the captive who in the house of the pit and every firstborn of livestock
About this coordinate
Exodus 12:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 12:29, so the Hebrew word הַלַּ֗יְלָה (halaila) 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 Exod.12.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.29.W3.S1) and character.