Genesis 30:16:18Gen.30.16.W18PAT
בַּלַּ֥יְלָה
balaila
“in the night”
- Transliteration
- ba-LAI-la
- Extended
- bah-LAI-lah
- IPA
- /balˈlaj.laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the night
- French
- dans la nuit
- Spanish
- en la noche
- Portuguese
- na noite
- German
- in der Nacht
- Russian
- ночью
- Arabic-Simplified
- فِي اللَّيْلِ
- Hindi
- रात में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在夜里
- Korean
- 그 밤에
- Indonesian
- pada malam itu
- Bengali
- রাতে
- Tagalog
- sa gabi
- Swahili
- usiku
- Amharic
- በሌሊት
- Yoruba
- ní alẹ́
- Igbo
- n'abalị
- Twi
- anadwo no mu
- Ewe
- le zã me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-LAI-la
- phraseyour reading level
ba-LAI-la HU
- clause
va-yish-KAV im-MAH ba-LAI-la HU
- sentence
va-ya-VO ya-a-KOV min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev va-te-TSE le-AH lik-ra-TO va-TO-mer e-LAI ta-VO KI sa-KHOR se-khar-TI-kha be-du-da-EI be-NI va-yish-KAV im-MAH ba-LAI-la HU
In context — Genesis 30:16
came Jacob from the field in the evening went out Leah to meet him said to me come for surely I have hired you with the mandrakes of my son lay with her in the night he
About this coordinate
Genesis 30:16:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Genesis 30:16, so the Hebrew word בַּלַּ֥יְלָה (balaila) 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.30.16.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.30.16.W18.S1) and character.