BDB4409
לַ֫יְלָה, לַ֫יִל242
noun masculine
Gen 40:5
night (Late Hebrew id.;
MI15
(ב)ללה; Aramaic לֵילָא,
[untranscribed source text 2820],
[untranscribed source text 2821]; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 2822],
[untranscribed source text 2823]; Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 2824] all = night; Assyrian
lîlâtu
, evening
DlHWB; meaning of √ dubious; form probably לילי,
and ending הָ֯ radical, and not ה locative,
NöM 127
DlProl. 128
Ges«GKC:90»§ 90, 2. with R.
Köii. p. 57, R. 1); — absolute לַ֫יְלָה
Gen 19:33 + 214
t. + 2 t.
Qr
. (see below); לָ֑יְלָה
Gen 1:5 + 3 t.;
לַ֫יִל
Isa 16:3 + Prov 31:18;
Lam 2:19
Kt
(
Qr
לַיְלָה); לֵיל
Isa 15:1 (twice in
verse); Isa 21:1
construct לֵיל
Exod 12:42;
Isa 30:29
plural absolute לֵילוֺת
1Sam 30:12 + 4
t.; construct id., Isa 21:8 + 5 t.; —
1. literally night, opposed to day, Gen 8:22 (
J
), Deut 1:33
+ very often (see
יוֺם
); alternation of day and night divinely ordained Gen 1:5 (
P
), Jer
33:20 (twice in verse); Jer 33:25 +; ׳
מִיּוֺם עַדלֿ
Isa 38:12;
Isa 38:18 i.e
within one whole day; as close of day, ׳
עַדלֿ
2Chr 35:14 as
time of sacred (לֵיל) חָג
Isa 30:29 of
suffering and weeping לֵילוֺת עָמָל
Job 7:3, compare Ps 6:7; Ps 77:3 etc.; of
pious desires, prayer, praise, meditation, etc (sometimes || by day) Isa 26:9; Job 35:10; Ps 1:2; Ps 22:3; Ps 42:9; Ps 77:7; Ps 88:2; Ps 92:3; Ps 119:5 (twice in verse), compare
Ps 16:7; Ps 17:8 of
night-service in Temple Ps 134:1 of sudden assault, or destruction, Isa 15:1; Jer 6:5; Obad 1:5; Job 27:20; Job 34:20; Job 34:25; Job 36:20 divided into watches Ps 90:4
לֵיל שִׁמֻּרִים
Exod 12:42 see
below שׁמר; with number, denoting duration of time, forty days and forty nights
Gen 7:4; Gen 7:12; Exod 24:18; Exod 34:28; Deut 9:9; Deut 9:11; Deut 9:18; Deut 9:25; Deut 10:10; 1Kgs 19:8
three days and three nights (שְׁלשָׁה לֵילוֺת) 1Sam 30:12; Jonah 2:1
seven days and seven nights (שִׁבְעַת לֵילוֺת) Job 2:13 ; ׳
חֲלוֺם הַלּ
Gen 20:3; Gen 31:24 (both
E
), 1Kgs 3:5
׳
מַרְאֹת הַלּ
Gen 46:2 (
E
); ׳
חֶזְיוֺן ל
Job 20:8; Job 33:15,
׳
חֶזְיֹנוֺת ל
Job 4:13,
׳
חֲלוֺם חֲזוֺן ל
Isa 29:7 (compare
Mic 3:6 below) ;
׳
בִּןלֿ
Jonah 4:10
(twice in verse) see
בֵּן
8..b. Chiefly in adverb. phrase: — ׳
בַּחֲצִי הַלּ
at midnight
Exod 12:29 +
(see
חֲצִי
, חָצוֺת b), compare ׳
בְּתוֺךְ הַלּ
1Kgs 3:20,
׳
בְּאִישׁוֺן ל
Prov 7:9 ;
הַזֶּה
׳
בַּלּ
Exod 12:8; Exod 12:12
on this night (
P
; the night of which one is speaking); הַהוּא
׳
בַּלּ
on that night
Gen 19:35 (
J
) + often, (
P
only Num 14:1
); הוּא
׳
בַּל
Gen 19:33; Gen 30:16 so
׳
הַלּ alone 1Sam 14:34, but strike out
ᵐ5
We
Kit, compare Dr; Klo
Bu read ליהוה; ׳
הַלּ
to-night
Gen 19:5; Gen 19:34; Gen 30:15 (all
J
), Num 22:8
; Num 22:19 (
E
), Josh 2:2;
Josh 4:3 (both
J
E
), 2Sam 17:1
; 2Sam 17:16
; 2Sam 19:8
; Ruth 1:12; Ruth 3:2; Ruth 3:13, opposed
to מָחָר tomorrow 1Sam 19:11
׳
הַלּ = this night just past, last night
1Sam 15:16
(compare Dr); ׳
כָּלהַֿלּ
all night
Hos 7:6 (opposed to
בֹּקֶר), Exod 14:20; Exod 14:21 (
J
), Num 11:32
; Josh 10:9
(both
J
E
), Judg 16:2
(twice in verse); Judg 19:25; 1Sam 15:11; 1Sam 31:12; 2Sam 2:29; 2Sam 2:32; 2Sam 4:7 opposed to כלהֿיום ההוא (of continuous action) 1Sam 19:24; 1Sam 28:20; Isa 62:6, opposed
to יומם
Ps 78:14
׳
בְּכָללֿ
Ps 6:7
every night (probably); compare כָּלהַֿלֵּילוֺת
Isa 21:8
all the nights (opposed to יוֺמָם) ; especially לַיְלָה
by night
Num 22:20 (
E
) Josh 8:3 (
J
E
), Deut 16:1
; Num 9:16 (
P
) + 51 t.; of these Gen 14:15 and Exod 13:21; Exod 13:22 (
J
) + 25 t. opposed to יוֺמָם, covering all the time; otherwise Judg 6:27 (opposed to יוֺמָם
); לַיְלָה וָיוֺם
night and day
1Kgs 8:29; Isa 27:3; Esth 4:16 less
often לֵילוֺת
Ps 16:17
׳
הַלּ
by night
2Kgs 25:4 (
׳
ל in || Jer 52:7), Zech 1:8; Neh 4:16 (opposed to הַיּוֺם) ; ׳
בַּלּ id.,
Jer 6:5 + 18 t. (chiefly late; often opposed to בַּיּוֺם, יוֺמָם, etc.);
בַּלֵּילוֺת
Ps 92:3 (opposed to
בַּבֹּקֶר, Ps 134:1; Song 3:1; Song 3:8
בְּלַיְלָה
Neh 9:19 (opposed
to בְּיוֺמָם ); בְּלֵיל
Isa 15:1 (twice in
verse) ׳
כַּל
as at night
Job 5:14 (opposed
to צָהֳרָ֑יִם ).
2.
figurative
שִׁיתִי כַּלַיִל צִלֵּךְ
Isa 16:8 simile of
shadow of Zion as protection; more often in gloomy sense, of avenging calamity without divine guidance or comfort
לַיְלָה מֵחָזוֺן
Mic 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
Isa 21:11 i.e.
what hour of the night of calamity is it? compare Isa 21:12 (opposed to בֹּקֶר).
BDB9645
[לֵילָא] noun [masculine]
night (see Biblical Hebrew
לַ֫יְלָה
); — emphatic לֵילְיָא
Dan 2:19; Dan 5:30; Dan 7:2; Dan 7:7; Dan 7:13.