Genesis 1:14:11Gen.1.14.W11PAT
הַלָּ֑יְלָה
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
- der Nacht
- Russian
- ночью
- Arabic-Simplified
- اللَّيْلِ
- Hindi
- रात
- Chinese-Simplified
- 黑夜
- Korean
- 밤
- Indonesian
- malam
- Bengali
- রাত্রি
- Tagalog
- gabi
- Swahili
- usiku
- Amharic
- ሌሊቱ
- Yoruba
- alẹ́
- Igbo
- abalị
- Twi
- anadwo no
- Ewe
- zãa
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ha-LAI-la
- phraseyour reading level
u-VEN ha-LAI-la
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI me-o-ROT bi-re-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yeem le-hav-DIL BEN ha-YOM u-VEN ha-LAI-la
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI me-o-ROT bi-re-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yeem le-hav-DIL BEN ha-YOM u-VEN ha-LAI-la ve-ha-YU le-o-TOT u-le-mo-a-DIM u-le-ya-MEEM ve-sha-NEEM
In context — Genesis 1:14
God {And He} said let there be luminaries in the expanse of the skies to separate between the day and the night and let them be for signs and for appointed times and for days and years
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 1:14, so the Hebrew word הַלָּ֑יְלָה (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 Gen.1.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.14.W11.S1) and character.