Genesis 1:16:13Gen.1.16.W13PAT

הַלַּ֔יְלָה

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
ночью
Arabic-Simplified
اللَّيْلَ
Hindi
रात
Chinese-Simplified
夜晚
Korean
밤을
Indonesian
malam
Bengali
রাতের
Tagalog
gabi
Swahili
usiku
Amharic
ሌሊቱን
Yoruba
òrù
Igbo
abalị
Twi
anadwo no
Ewe
zã la

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + לַּ֔ + יְלָה
ha + lai + la
halaila

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
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

    ha-LAI-la

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-mem-SHE-let ha-LAI-la

  3. clause

    et-ha-ma-OR ha-ga-DOL le-mem-SHE-let ha-YOM ve-et-ha-ma-OR ha-ka-TON le-mem-SHE-let ha-LAI-la ve-ET ha-ko-kha-VIM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-AS e-lo-HIM et-she-NEI ha-me-o-ROT ha-ge-do-LIM et-ha-ma-OR ha-ga-DOL le-mem-SHE-let ha-YOM ve-et-ha-ma-OR ha-ka-TON le-mem-SHE-let ha-LAI-la ve-ET ha-ko-kha-VIM

In contextGenesis 1:16

God {And He} made the two great luminaries greater the luminary to rule over the day lesser and the luminary to rule over the night and the stars

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 1:16, so the Hebrew word הַלַּ֔יְלָה (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.1.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.16.W13.S1) and character.