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
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
le-mem-SHE-let ha-LAI-la
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.