Exodus 12:8:3Exod.12.8.W3PAT

בַּלַּ֣יְלָה

ballaila

in the night

Transliteration
bal-LAI-la
Extended
bahl-LAI-lah
IPA
/bal.ˈlaj.laː/

Meaning by language

English
in the night
French
dans la nuit
Spanish
en la noche
Portuguese
na noite
German
in der Nacht
Russian
в ночь
Arabic-Simplified
في الليلة
Hindi
रात में
Chinese-Simplified
在夜里
Korean
밤에
Indonesian
pada malam
Bengali
রাতে
Tagalog
sa gabi
Swahili
usiku
Amharic
በሌሊቱ
Yoruba
ní alẹ́
Igbo
n'abalị
Twi
anadwo mu
Ewe
le zã me

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Result
בַּל + לַּ֣ + יְלָה
bal + lai + la
ballaila

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    bal-LAI-la

  2. phraseyour reading level

    bal-LAI-la ha-ZE

  3. clause

    ve-akh-LU et-ha-ba-SAR bal-LAI-la ha-ZE

  4. sentence

    ve-akh-LU et-ha-ba-SAR bal-LAI-la ha-ZE tse-li-ESH u-mat-TSOT al-me-ro-RIM yo-khe-LU-hu

In contextExodus 12:8

and they shall eat the flesh in the night this roasted by fire and unleavened bread with bitter herbs they shall eat it

About this coordinate

Exodus 12:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 12:8, so the Hebrew word בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (ballaila) 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.12.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.8.W3.S1) and character.