Genesis 1:5:7Gen.1.5.W7PAT
לָ֑יְלָה
laila
“night”
- Transliteration
- LAI-la
- Extended
- LAI-lah
- IPA
- /ˈlaj.laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- night
- French
- nuit
- Spanish
- noche
- Portuguese
- noite
- German
- Nacht
- Russian
- ночь
- Arabic-Simplified
- لَيْلًا
- Hindi
- रात
- Chinese-Simplified
- 夜
- Korean
- 밤이라
- Indonesian
- malam
- Bengali
- রাত্রি
- Tagalog
- gabi
- Swahili
- usiku
- Amharic
- ሌሊት
- Yoruba
- ọ̀ru
- Igbo
- abalị
- Twi
- anadwo
- Ewe
- zã
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
LAI-la
- phraseyour reading level
ka-RA LAI-la
- clause
va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-OR YOM ve-la-KHO-shekh ka-RA LAI-la
- sentence
va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-OR YOM ve-la-KHO-shekh ka-RA LAI-la va-ye-hi-E-rev va-ye-hi-VO-ker YOM e-KHAD
In context — Genesis 1:5
God {And He} called the light day and the darkness He called night {And} there was evening and there was morning one day
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 1:5, so the Hebrew word לָ֑יְלָה (laila) 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.1.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.5.W7.S1) and character.