לַ֫יְלָה,
לַ֫יִל 242 noun masculineGenesis 40:5 night (Late Hebrew
id.; MI
15 (ב)ללה; Aramaic [
H3916 לֵילָא],

,

; Arabic

,

; Ethiopic

all =
night; Assyrian
lîlâtu,
evening Dl
HWB; meaning of √ dubious; form probably
לילי, and ending
הָ֯ radical, and not
ה locative, Nö
M 127 Dl
Prol. 128 Ges
§ 90, 2. with R. Kö
ii. p. 57, R. 1); — absolute
לַ֫יְלָה Genesis 19:33 +
214 times +
2 times Qr. (see below);
לָ֑יְלָה Genesis 1:5 +
3 times;
לַ֫יִל Isaiah 16:3 +
Proverbs 31:18;
Lamentations 2:19 Kt (Qr
לַיְלָה);
לֵיל Isaiah 15:1 (twice in verse);
Isaiah 21:1; construct
לֵיל Exodus 12:42;
Isaiah 30:29; plural absolute
לֵילוֺת 1 Samuel 30:12 +
4 times; construct
id.,
Isaiah 21:8 +
5 times; —
1. literally
night, opposed to day,
Genesis 8:22 (J),
Deuteronomy 1:33 + very often (see
יוֺם); alternation of day and night divinely ordained
Genesis 1:5 (P),
Jeremiah 33:20 (twice in verse);
Jeremiah 33:25 +;
מִיּוֺם עַדלֿ׳ Isaiah 38:12,
18 i.e. within one whole day; as close of day,
עַדלֿ׳ 2 Chronicles 35:14; as time of sacred
(לֵיל) חָג Isaiah 30:29; of suffering and weeping
לֵילוֺת עָמָל Job 7:3, compare
Psalm 6:7;
Psalm 77:3 etc.; of pious desires, prayer, praise, meditation, etc (sometimes ||
by day)
Isaiah 26:9;
Job 35:10;
Psalm 1:2;
Psalm 22:3;
Psalm 42:9;
Psalm 77:7;
Psalm 88:2;
Psalm 92:3;
Psalm 119:5 (twice in verse), compare
Psalm 16:7;
Psalm 17:8; of night-service in Temple
Psalm 134:1; of sudden assault, or destruction,
Isaiah 15:1;
Jeremiah 6:5;
Obadiah 5;
Job 27:20;
Job 34:20,
25;
Job 36:20; divided into watches
Psalm 90:4;
לֵיל שִׁמֻּרִים Exodus 12:42 see below
שׁמר; with number, denoting duration of time, †
forty days and forty nights Genesis 7:4,
12;
Exodus 24:18;
Exodus 34:28;
Deuteronomy 9:9,
11,
18,
25;
Deuteronomy 10:10;
1 Kings 19:8;
three days and three nights (
שְׁלשָׁה לֵילוֺת)
1 Samuel 30:12;
Jonah 2:1;
seven days and seven nights (
שִׁבְעַת לֵילוֺת)
Job 2:13†;
חֲלוֺם הַלּ׳ †
Genesis 20:3;
Genesis 31:24 (both E),
1 Kings 3:5;
מַרְאֹת הַלּ׳ Genesis 46:2 (E);
חֶזְיוֺן ל׳ Job 20:8;
Job 33:15,
חֶזְיֹנוֺת ל׳ Job 4:13,
חֲלוֺם חֲזוֺן ל׳ Isaiah 29:7 (compare
Micah 3:6 below) †;
בִּןלֿ׳ Jonah 4:10 (twice in verse) see
בֵּן 8. Chiefly in adverbial phrase: —
בַּחֲצִי הַלּ׳ at midnight Exodus 12:29 + (see
חֲצִי,
חָצוֺת), compare
בְּתוֺךְ הַלּ׳ 1 Kings 3:20,
בְּאִישׁוֺן ל׳ Proverbs 7:9;
הַזֶּה בַּלּ׳ Exodus 12:8,
12 on this night (P; the night of which one is speaking);
הַהוּא בַּלּ׳ on that night Genesis 19:35 (J) + often, (P only
Numbers 14:1);
הוּא בַּל׳ Genesis 19:33;
Genesis 30:16; so
הַלּ׳ alone
1 Samuel 14:34, but strike out

We Kit, compare Dr; Klo Bu read
ליהוה;
הַלּ׳ to-night Genesis 19:5,
34;
Genesis 30:15 (all J),
Numbers 22:8,
19 (E),
Joshua 2:2;
Joshua 4:3 (both J E),
2 Samuel 17:1,
16;
2 Samuel 19:8;
Ruth 1:12;
Ruth 3:2,
13, opposed to
מָחָר tomorrow
1 Samuel 19:11;
הַלּ׳ =
this night just past,
last night 1 Samuel 15:16 (compare Dr);
כָּלהַֿלּ׳ all night Hosea 7:6 (opposed to
בֹּקֶר),
Exodus 14:20,
21 (J),
Numbers 11:32;
Joshua 10:9 (both J E),
Judges 16:2 (twice in verse);
Judges 19:25;
1 Samuel 15:11;
1 Samuel 31:12;
2 Samuel 2:29,
32;
2 Samuel 4:7; opposed to
כלהֿיום ההוא (of continuous action)
1 Samuel 19:24;
1 Samuel 28:20;
Isaiah 62:6, opposed to
יומם Psalm 78:14;
בְּכָללֿ׳ Psalm 6:7 every night (probably); compare
כָּלהַֿלֵּילוֺת Isaiah 21:8 all the nights (opposed to
יוֺמָם); especially
לַיְלָה by night Numbers 22:20 (E)
Joshua 8:3 (JE),
Deuteronomy 16:1;
Numbers 9:16 (P) +
51 times; of these
Genesis 14:15 and
Exodus 13:21,
22 (J) +
25 times opposed to
יוֺמָם, covering all the time; otherwise
Judges 6:27 (opposed to
יוֺמָם);
לַיְלָה וָיוֺם night and day 1 Kings 8:29;
Isaiah 27:3;
Esther 4:16; less often
לֵילוֺת Psalm 16:17;
הַלּ׳ by night 2 Kings 25:4 (
ל׳ in ||
Jeremiah 52:7),
Zechariah 1:8;
Nehemiah 4:16 (opposed to
הַיּוֺם);
בַּלּ׳ id.,
Jeremiah 6:5 +
18 times (chiefly late; often opposed to
בַּיּוֺם,
יוֺמָם, etc.);
בַּלֵּילוֺת Psalm 92:3 (opposed to
בַּבֹּקֶר,
Psalm 134:1;
Songs 3:1,
8;
בְּלַיְלָה Nehemiah 9:19 (opposed to
בְּיוֺמָם);
בְּלֵיל Isaiah 15:1 (twice in verse)
כַּל׳ as at night Job 5:14 (opposed to
צָהֳרָ֑יִם).
2. figurative
שִׁיתִי כַּלַיִל צִלֵּךְ Isaiah 16:8 simile of shadow of Zion as protection; more often in gloomy sense, of avenging calamity without divine guidance or comfort
לַיְלָה מֵחָזוֺן Micah 3:6; personal distress
Job 35:10; judgment perhaps also
Job 36:20 (Ew De Di Da; night of death Bu; 'unintelligible' Siegf);
מַהמִּֿלַּיְלָה מַהמִּֿלֵּיל Isaiah 21:11 i.e. what hour of the night of calamity is it? compare
Isaiah 21:12 (opposed to
בֹּקֶר).
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