Genesis 8:22:11Gen.8.22.W11PAT
וָלַ֖יְלָה
vahlaila
“and night”
- Transliteration
- vah-LAI-la
- Extended
- vah-LAI-lah
- IPA
- /waːˈlaj.laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and night
- French
- et la nuit
- Spanish
- y la noche
- Portuguese
- e a noite
- German
- und die Nacht
- Russian
- и ночь
- Arabic-Simplified
- والليل
- Hindi
- और रात
- Chinese-Simplified
- 和黑夜
- Korean
- 그리고 밤
- Indonesian
- dan malam
- Bengali
- এবং রাত্রি
- Tagalog
- at gabi
- Swahili
- na usiku
- Amharic
- እና ሌሊት
- Yoruba
- àti alẹ́
- Igbo
- na abalị
- Twi
- ne anadwo
- Ewe
- kple zã
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
vah-LAI-la
- phraseyour reading level
veh-YOM vah-LAI-la
- clause
ZE-ra veh-kah-TSIR veh-KOR vah-KHOM veh-KA-yits vah-KHO-ref veh-YOM vah-LAI-la LO yish-BO-tu
- sentence
OD kol-ye-MEI ha-A-rets ZE-ra veh-kah-TSIR veh-KOR vah-KHOM veh-KA-yits vah-KHO-ref veh-YOM vah-LAI-la LO yish-BO-tu
In context — Genesis 8:22
as long as all the days of the earth sowing and harvest and cold and heat and summer and winter and day and night not cease
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:22:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 8:22, so the Hebrew word וָלַ֖יְלָה (vahlaila) 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.8.22.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.22.W11.S1) and character.