Exodus 12:42:8Exod.12.42.W8PAT
הֽוּא־הַלַּ֤יְלָה
huhallaila
“it is the night”
- Transliteration
- hu-hal-LAI-la
- Extended
- hoo-hahl-LAI-lah
- IPA
- /huː.hal.ˈlaj.laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is the night
- French
- c’est la nuit
- Spanish
- es la noche
- Portuguese
- é a noite
- German
- es ist die Nacht
- Russian
- это ночь
- Arabic-Simplified
- هِيَ اللَّيْلَةُ
- Hindi
- यह वह रात है
- Chinese-Simplified
- 这是那夜
- Korean
- 그 밤이다
- Indonesian
- itulah malam itu
- Bengali
- এটি সেই রাত্রি
- Tagalog
- ito ang gabi
- Swahili
- ni usiku huo
- Amharic
- ሌሊቱ ነው
- Yoruba
- ó jẹ́ oru naa
- Igbo
- ọ bụ abalị ahụ
- Twi
- ɛyɛ anadwo no
- Ewe
- e nye zã la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
hu-hal-LAI-la
- phraseyour reading level
hu-hal-LAI-la ha-ZEH
- clause
hu-hal-LAI-la ha-ZEH la-ye-ho-VAH shi-mu-REEM le-khol-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-do-ro-TAM
- sentence
LEIL shi-mu-REEM HU la-ye-ho-VAH le-ho-tsi-AM me-E-rets mits-RA-yim hu-hal-LAI-la ha-ZEH la-ye-ho-VAH shi-mu-REEM le-khol-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-do-ro-TAM
In context — Exodus 12:42
night watchings it is for the LORD to bring them out from the land of Egypt it is the night this for the LORD watchings for all the sons of Israel throughout their generations
About this coordinate
Exodus 12:42:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 12:42, so the Hebrew word הֽוּא־הַלַּ֤יְלָה (huhallaila) 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.12.42.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.42.W8.S1) and character.