Genesis 7:4:11Gen.7.4.W11PAT
לָ֑יְלָה
laila
“nights”
- Transliteration
- LAI-la
- Extended
- LAI-lah
- IPA
- /ˈlaj.laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- nights
- French
- nuits
- Spanish
- noches
- Portuguese
- noites
- German
- Nächte
- Russian
- ночей
- Arabic-Simplified
- لَيْلَةً
- Hindi
- रात
- Chinese-Simplified
- 夜
- Korean
- 밤
- Indonesian
- malam
- Bengali
- রাত
- Tagalog
- gabi
- Swahili
- usiku
- Amharic
- ሌሊቶች
- Yoruba
- alẹ
- 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
- clause
KI le-ya-MIM OD shiv-AH a-no-KHI mam-TIR al-ha-A-retz ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la
- sentence
KI le-ya-MIM OD shiv-AH a-no-KHI mam-TIR al-ha-A-retz ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la u-ma-KHI-ti et-kol-ha-ye-KUM a-SHER a-SI-ti me-AL pe-NE ha-a-da-MAH
In context — Genesis 7:4
for another seven in days I will bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights will wipe out everything that have made from face of the ground
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 7:4, 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.7.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.4.W11.S1) and character.