Ruth 3:2:12Ruth.3.2.W12PAT

הַלָּֽיְלָה׃

halaila

tonight

Transliteration
ha-LAI-la
Extended
hah-LAI-lah
IPA
/halˈlajlaː/

Meaning by language

English
tonight
French
ce soir
Spanish
esta noche
Portuguese
esta noite
German
heute Nacht
Russian
этой ночью
Arabic-Simplified
هذه الليلة
Hindi
आज रात
Chinese-Simplified
今夜
Korean
오늘 밤
Indonesian
malam ini
Bengali
আজ রাতে
Tagalog
ngayong gabi
Swahili
usiku huu
Amharic
ዛሬ ማታ
Yoruba
alẹ́ yìí
Igbo
abalị a
Twi
anadwo yi
Ewe
zã sia

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Result
הַ + לָּֽ + יְלָה׃
ha + lai + la
halaila

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
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

    ha-LAI-la

  2. clause

    hi-NE-HU zo-RE et-GO-ren ha-se-o-RIM ha-LAI-la

  3. sentence

    ve-a-TAH ha-LO VO-az mo-da-e-TA-nu a-SHER ha-YIT et-na-a-ro-TAIV hi-NE-HU zo-RE et-GO-ren ha-se-o-RIM ha-LAI-la

In contextRuth 3:2

and now is it not Boaz our relative who you were with his young women look, he is winnowing the threshing floor of the barley tonight

About this coordinate

Ruth 3:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ruth 3:2, so the Hebrew word הַלָּֽיְלָה׃ (halaila) 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 Ruth.3.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.3.2.W12.S1) and character.