H3915. layil

or lel or layelah לַ֫יִל לַ֫יְלָה,‎₂₄₂

noun masculine^{Genesis 40:5} night (Late Hebrew id.; MI¹⁵ (ב)ללה‎; Aramaic 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 19:33 214t. + 2 t. Qr. (see below); לָ֑יְלָה‎ 1:5 3t.; לַ֫יִל‎ Isaiah 16:3 + Proverbs 31:18; Lamentations 2:19 Kt (Qr לַיְלָה‎); לֵיל‎ Isaiah 15:1 (twice in verse); 21:1; construct לֵיל‎ Exodus 12:42; Isaiah 30:29; plural absolute לֵילוֺת‎ 1 Samuel 30:12 4t.; construct id., Isaiah 21:8 5t.; —

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); 33:25 +; עַדלֿ ׳מִיּוֺם‎ Isaiah 38:12, 18 i.e within one whole day; as close of day, ׳עַדלֿ‎2 Chronicles 35:14; as time of sacred חָג (לֵיל)‎ Isaiah 30:29; of suffering and weeping עָמָל לֵילוֺת‎ Job 7:3, compare Psalm 6:7; 77:3 etc.; of pious desires, prayer, praise, meditation, etc (sometimes "" by day) Isaiah 26:9; Job 35:10; Psalm 1:2; 22:3; 42:9; 77:7; 88:2; 92:3; 119:5 (twice in verse), compare 16:7; 17:8; of night-service in Temple 134:1; of sudden assault, or destruction, Isaiah 15:1; Jeremiah 6:5; Obadiah 5; Job 27:20; 34:20, 25; 36:20; divided into watches Psalm 90:4; שִׁמֻּרִים לֵיל‎ Exodus 12:42 see below שׁמר‎; with number, denoting duration of time, forty days and forty nights Genesis 7:4, 12; Exodus 24:18; 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9, 11, 18, 25; 10:10; 1 Kings 19:8; three days and three nights (לֵילוֺת שְׁלשָׁה‎) 1 Samuel 30:12; Jonah 2:1; seven days and seven nights (לֵילוֺת שִׁבְעַת‎) Job 2:13 ; הַלּ ׳חֲלוֺם‎ Genesis 20:3; 31:24 (both E), 1 Kings 3:5; הַלּ ׳מַרְאֹת‎ Genesis 46:2 (E); ל ׳חֶזְיוֺן‎ Job 20:8; 33:15, ל ׳חֶזְיֹנוֺת‎ 4:13, ל חֲזוֺן ׳חֲלוֺם‎ Isaiah 29:7 (compare Micah 3:6 below) ; ׳בִּןלֿ‎ Jonah 4:10 (twice in verse) see בֵּן‎

8 b. Chiefly in adverb. phrase: — הַלּ ׳בַּחֲצִי‎ at midnight Exodus 12:29 + (see חָצוֺת חֲצִי,‎ b), compare הַלּ ׳בְּתוֺךְ‎ 1 Kings 3:20, ל ׳בְּאִישׁוֺן‎ Proverbs 7:9 ; ׳בַּלּ הַזֶּה‎ Exodus 12:8, 12 on this night (P; the night of which one is speaking); ׳בַּלּ הַהוּא‎ on that night Genesis 19:35 (J) + often, (P only Numbers 14:1); ׳בַּל הוּא‎ Genesis 19:33; 30:16; so ׳הַלּ‎ alone 1 Samuel 14:34, but strike out ᵐ5‎ We Kit, compare Dr; Klo Bu read ליהוה‎; ׳הַלּ‎ to-night Genesis 19:5, 34; 30:15 (all J), Numbers 22:8, 19 (E), Joshua 2:2; 4:3 (both J E), 2 Samuel 17:1, 16; 19:8; Ruth 1:12; 3:2, 13, opposed to מָחָר‎ tomorrow 1 Samuel 19:11; ׳הַלּ‎ = this night just past, last night 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); 19:25; 1 Samuel 15:11; 31:12; 2 Samuel 2:29, 32; 4:7; opposed to ההוא כלהֿיום‎ (of continuous action) 1 Samuel 19:24; 28:20; Isaiah 62:6, opposed to יומם‎ Psalm 78:14; ׳בְּכָללֿ‎ 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 t.; of these Genesis 14:15 and Exodus 13:21-22, (J) + 25 t. opposed to יוֺמָם‎, covering all the time; otherwise Judges 6:27 (opposed to יוֺמָם‎); וָיוֺם לַיְלָה‎ 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 18t. (chiefly late; often opposed to יוֺמָם בַּיּוֺם,‎, etc.); בַּלֵּילוֺת‎ Psalm 92:3 (opposed to בַּבֹּקֶר‎, 134:1; Song of Solomon 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 צִלֵּךְ כַּלַיִל שִׁיתִי‎ Isaiah 16:8 simile of shadow of Zion as protection; more often in gloomy sense, of avenging calamity without divine guidance or comfort מֵחָזוֺן לַיְלָה‎ Micah 3:6; personal distress Job 35:10; judgment perhaps also 36:20 (Ew De Di Da; night of death Bu; 'unintelligible' Siegf); מַהמִּֿלֵּיל מַהמִּֿלַּיְלָה‎ Isaiah 21:11 i.e. what hour of the night of calamity is it? compare 21:12 (opposed to בֹּקֶר‎).

[לֵילָא‎] noun [masculine] night (see Biblical Hebrew לַ֫יְלָה‎); — emphatic לֵילְיָא‎ Daniel 2:19; 5:30; 7:2, 7, 13.