Genesis 31:40:6Gen.31.40.W6PAT

בַּלָּ֑יְלָה

ballaila

by night

Transliteration
bal-LAI-la
Extended
bahl-LAI-lah
IPA
/bal.ˈlaj.laː/

Meaning by language

English
by night
French
de nuit
Spanish
de noche
Portuguese
de noite
German
bei Nacht
Russian
ночью
Arabic-Simplified
فِي اللَّيْلِ
Hindi
रात में
Chinese-Simplified
在夜间
Korean
밤에
Indonesian
pada malam hari
Bengali
রাতে
Tagalog
sa gabi
Swahili
usiku
Amharic
በሌሊት
Yoruba
ní òru
Igbo
n'abalị
Twi
anadwo mu
Ewe
le zã me

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Result
בַּל + לָּ֑ + יְלָה
bal + lai + la
ballaila

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
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

    bal-LAI-la

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-QE-rakh bal-LAI-la

  3. clause

    ha-YI-ti ba-YOM a-kha-LA-ni KHO-rev ve-QE-rakh bal-LAI-la

  4. sentence

    ha-YI-ti ba-YOM a-kha-LA-ni KHO-rev ve-QE-rakh bal-LAI-la va-ti-DAD she-na-TI me-ei-NAI

In contextGenesis 31:40

I was by day consumed me heat and frost by night fled my sleep from my eyes

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:40:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 31:40, so the Hebrew word בַּלָּ֑יְלָה (ballaila) 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.31.40.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.40.W6.S1) and character.