Genesis 1:18:3Gen.1.18.W3PAT

וּבַלַּ֔יְלָה

uvalaila

and over the night

Transliteration
u-va-LAI-la
Extended
oo-vah-LAI-lah
IPA
/u.val.ˈlaj.laː/

Meaning by language

English
and over the night
French
et sur la nuit
Spanish
y sobre la noche
Portuguese
e sobre a noite
German
und über die Nacht
Russian
и над ночью
Arabic-Simplified
وَعَلَى اللَّيْلِ
Hindi
और रात में
Chinese-Simplified
和黑夜
Korean
그리고 밤을
Indonesian
dan atas malam itu
Bengali
এবং রাতে
Tagalog
at gabi
Swahili
na juu ya usiku
Amharic
እና ሌሊቱ
Yoruba
àti lórí alẹ́
Igbo
na abalị ahụ
Twi
na anadwo no so
Ewe
kple zã la dzi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וּ + בַ + לַּ֔ + יְלָה
u + va + lai + la
uvalaila

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
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

    u-va-LAI-la

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-YOM u-va-LAI-la

  3. clause

    ve-lim-SHOL ba-YOM u-va-LAI-la u-la-hav-DIL BEIN ha-OR u-VEIN ha-KHO-shekh

  4. sentence

    ve-lim-SHOL ba-YOM u-va-LAI-la u-la-hav-DIL BEIN ha-OR u-VEIN ha-KHO-shekh va-YAR e-lo-HIM ki-TOV

In contextGenesis 1:18

{And} to rule over the day and over the night and to separate between the light and the darkness God {And He} saw that it was good

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 1:18, so the Hebrew word וּבַלַּ֔יְלָה (uvalaila) 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.1.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.18.W3.S1) and character.