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Strong's #3915 - לֵיל
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- night
- night (as opposed to day)
- of gloom, protective shadow (figuratively)
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1265) ll (לל LL) AC: Howl CO: Night AB: ?: When the night comes, the night sky is rolled out like a scroll. When daylight comes, the night sky is rolled up like a scroll. (eng: yell)
E) all (ללא LLA) AC: ? CO: Loop AB: ?
of1 ) ealfl (לולאה LWLAH) - Loop: KJV (13): loop - Strongs: H3924 (לֻלָאוֹת)
J) lfl (לול LWL) AC: ? CO: Staircase AB: ?: A spiral set of steps.
Nm) lfl (לול LWL) - Staircase: KJV (1): winding stair - Strongs: H3883 (לוּל)
L) lli (ילל YLL) AC: Howl CO: ? AB: ?: The sound of the wolf, a night predator.
V) lli (ילל YLL) - Howl: KJV (31): (vf: Hiphil) howl, howling - Strongs: H3213 (יָלַל)
Nm) lli (ילל YLL) - Howling: KJV (1): howling - Strongs: H3214 (יְלֵל)
Nf1) elli (יללה YLLH) - Howling: KJV (5): howling - Strongs: H3215 (יְלָלָה)
im) llft (תולל TWLL) - Tormentor: KJV (1): waste - Strongs: H8437 (תּוֹלָל)
M) lil (ליל LYL) AC: ? CO: Night AB: ?
Nm ) lil (ליל LYL) - Night: KJV (233): night, season, midnight - Strongs: H3915 (לֵיל)
Nf4) tilil (לילית LYLYT) - Owl: A night creature. KJV (1): screech owl - Strongs: H3917 (לִילִית)
ff1) ilil (לילי LYLY) - Night: [Aramaic only] KJV (5): night - Strongs: H3916 (לֵילֵי)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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 Genesis 19:33 214t. + 2t. Qr. (see below); לָ֑יְלָה Genesis 1:5 3t.; 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 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); Jeremiah 33:25 +; ׳מִיּוֺם עַדלֿ Isaiah 38:12,18i.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 b. Chiefly in adverb. phrase: — ׳בַּחֲצִי הַלּ at midnight Exodus 12:29 + (see חֲצִי, חָצוֺת b), 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 ᵐ5 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) + 51t.; of these Genesis 14:15 and Exodus 13:21,22 (J) + 25t. 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 18t. (chiefly late; often opposed to בַּיּוֺם, יוֺמָם, etc.); בַּלֵּילוֺת Psalm 92:3 (opposed to בַּבֹּקֶר, Psalm 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 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 21:11i.e. what hour of the night of calamity is it? compare Isaiah 21:12 (opposed to בֹּקֶר).
[לֵילָא] noun [masculine] night (see Biblical Hebrew לַ֫יְלָה); — emphatic לֵילְיָא Daniel 2:19; Daniel 5:30; Daniel 7:2,7,13.