Genesis 40:5:6Gen.40.5.W6PAT

בְּלַ֣יְלָה

belaila

in the night

Transliteration
be-LAI-la
Extended
beh-LAI-lah
IPA
/bəˈlaj.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
밤에
Indonesian
pada malam
Bengali
রাতে
Tagalog
sa gabi
Swahili
usiku
Amharic
በሌሊት
Yoruba
ní alẹ́
Igbo
n'abalị
Twi
anadwo mu
Ewe
le zã me

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Result
בְּ + לַ֣ + יְלָה
be + lai + la
belaila

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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

    be-LAI-la

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-LAI-la e-KHAD

  3. clause

    va-ya-khal-MU kha-LOM she-NEI-hem ISH kha-lo-MO be-LAI-la e-KHAD ISH ke-fi-te-RON kha-lo-MO

  4. sentence

    va-ya-khal-MU kha-LOM she-NEI-hem ISH kha-lo-MO be-LAI-la e-KHAD ISH ke-fi-te-RON kha-lo-MO ham-mash-KE ve-ha-o-FE a-SHER le-ME-lekh mits-RA-yim a-SHER a-su-RIM be-VEIT ha-so-HAR

In contextGenesis 40:5

dreamed a dream both of them each man his dream in the night one each man according to the interpretation of his dream the cupbearer and the baker who belonged to the king of Egypt who were confined in the house of the prison

About this coordinate

Genesis 40:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 40:5, so the Hebrew word בְּלַ֣יְלָה (belaila) 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.40.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.5.W6.S1) and character.