לַיִל

H3915. layil
or lel or layelah לַ֫יִל לַ֫יְלָה,242
noun masculineGen 40:5 night (Late Hebrew id.; MI15 (ב)ללה; Aramaic לֵילָא, , ; Arabic , ; Ethiopic 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§ 90, 2. with R. Köii. p. 57, R. 1); — absolute לַ֫יְלָה Gen 19:33 214t. + 2 t. Qr. (see below); לָ֑יְלָה Gen 1:5 Gen 1:3t.; לַ֫יִל Isa 16:3 + Pro 31:18; Lam 2:19 Kt (Qr לַיְלָה); לֵיל Isa 15:1 (twice in verse); Isa 21:1; construct לֵיל Exo 12:42; Isa 30:29; plural absolute לֵילוֺת 1Sa 30:12 1Sa 30:4t.; construct id., Isa 21:8 Isa 21:5t.; —
1 literally night, opposed to day, Gen 8:22 (J), Deu 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 +; עַדלֿ ׳מִיּוֺם Isa 38:12, Isa 38:18 i.e within one whole day; as close of day, ׳עַדלֿ2Ch 35:14; as time of sacred חָג (לֵיל) Isa 30:29; of suffering and weeping עָמָל לֵילוֺת Job 7:3, compare Psa 6:7; Psa 77:3 etc.; of pious desires, prayer, praise, meditation, etc (sometimes || by day) Isa 26:9; Job 35:10; Psa 1:2; Psa 22:3; Psa 42:9; Psa 77:7; Psa 88:2; Psa 92:3; Psa 119:5 (twice in verse), compare Psa 16:7; Psa 17:8; of night-service in Temple Psa 134:1; of sudden assault, or destruction, Isa 15:1; Jer 6:5; Obadiah 5; Job 27:20; Job 34:20, Job 34:25; Job 36:20; divided into watches Psa 90:4; שִׁמֻּרִים לֵיל Exo 12:42 see below שׁמר; with number, denoting duration of time, forty days and forty nights Gen 7:4, Gen 7:12; Exo 24:18; Exo 34:28; Deu 9:9, Deu 9:11, Deu 9:18, Deu 9:25; Deu 10:10; 1Ki 19:8; three days and three nights (לֵילוֺת שְׁלשָׁה) 1Sa 30:12; Jon 2:1; seven days and seven nights (לֵילוֺת שִׁבְעַת) Job 2:13 ; הַלּ ׳חֲלוֺם Gen 20:3; Gen 31:24 (both E), 1Ki 3:5; הַלּ ׳מַרְאֹת Gen 46:2 (E); ל ׳חֶזְיוֺן Job 20:8; Job 33:15, ל ׳חֶזְיֹנוֺת Job 4:13, ל חֲזוֺן ׳חֲלוֺם Isa 29:7 (compare Mic 3:6 below) ; ׳בִּןלֿ Jon 4:10 (twice in verse) see בֵּן
8 b. Chiefly in adverb. phrase: — הַלּ ׳בַּחֲצִי at midnight Exo 12:29 + (see חָצוֺת חֲצִי, b), compare הַלּ ׳בְּתוֺךְ 1Ki 3:20, ל ׳בְּאִישׁוֺן Pro 7:9 ; ׳בַּלּ הַזֶּה Exo 12:8, Exo 12:12 on this night (P; the night of which one is speaking); ׳בַּלּ הַהוּא on that night Gen 19:35 (J) + often, (P only Num 14:1); ׳בַּל הוּא Gen 19:33; Gen 30:16; so ׳הַלּ alone 1Sa 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), Jos 2:2; Jos 4:3 (both J E), 2Sa 17:1, 2Sa 17:16; 2Sa 19:8; Rth 1:12; Rth 3:2, Rth 3:13, opposed to מָחָר tomorrow 1Sa 19:11; ׳הַלּ = this night just past, last night 1Sa 15:16 (compare Dr); ׳כָּלהַֿלּ all night Hos 7:6 (opposed to בֹּקֶר), Exo 14:20-21, (J), Num 11:32; Jos 10:9 (both J E), Jdg 16:2 (twice in verse); Jdg 19:25; 1Sa 15:11; 1Sa 31:12; 2Sa 2:29, 2Sa 2:32; 2Sa 4:7; opposed to ההוא כלהֿיום (of continuous action) 1Sa 19:24; 1Sa 28:20; Isa 62:6, opposed to יומם Psa 78:14; ׳בְּכָללֿ Psa 6:7 every night (probably); compare כָּלהַֿלֵּילוֺת Isa 21:8 all the nights (opposed to יוֺמָם) ; especially לַיְלָה by night Num 22:20 (E) Jos 8:3 (JE), Deu 16:1; Num 9:16 (P) + 51 t.; of these Gen 14:15 and Exo 13:21-22, (J) + 25 t. opposed to יוֺמָם, covering all the time; otherwise Jdg 6:27 (opposed to יוֺמָם); וָיוֺם לַיְלָה night and day 1Ki 8:29; Isa 27:3; Est 4:16; less often לֵילוֺת Psalm 16:17; ׳הַלּ by night 2Ki 25:4 (׳ל in || Jer 52:7), Zec 1:8; Neh 4:16 (opposed to הַיּוֺם) ; ׳בַּלּ id., Jer 6:5 Jer 6:18t. (chiefly late; often opposed to יוֺמָם בַּיּוֺם,, etc.); בַּלֵּילוֺת Psa 92:3 (opposed to בַּבֹּקֶר, Psa 134:1; Son 3:1, Son 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 צִלֵּךְ כַּלַיִל שִׁיתִי Isa 16:8 simile of shadow of Zion as protection; more often in gloomy sense, of avenging calamity without divine guidance or comfort מֵחָזוֺן לַיְלָה Mic 3:6; personal distress Job 35:10; judgment perhaps also Job 36:20 (Ew De Di Da; night of death Bu; 'unintelligible' Siegf); מַהמִּֿלֵּיל מַהמִּֿלַּיְלָה Isa 21:11 i.e. what hour of the night of calamity is it? compare Isa 21:12 (opposed to בֹּקֶר).
[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.