•
לְטוּשִׁם
n.pr.
gent.
Gn 25:
3, descendants of Abraham and Keturah;
Ö
Λατουσιειµ
.
[
לֹיָה
S
3914
TWOT
1089a
GK
4324
],
לֹיֹות
v.
sub
III.
לוה
.
לַ˜יְלָה
S
3915
TWOT
1111
GK
4325, 4326
,
לַ˜יִל
S
3915
TWOT
1111
GK
4325242
n.m.
Gn 40:5
night
(
NH
id.;
MI
15 (ב)ללה
; Aramaic
לֵילָא
,
ܠܻܠܝܳܐ
,
ܠܶܠܝܳܐ
(
lilyo, lelyo
); Arabic
لَيْلٌ
,
لَيْلَةٌ
(
laylun, laylatun
); Ethiopic
˜˜˜
(
lelit
) all
=
night;
Assyrian
lîlâtu
,
evening
Dl
HWB; meaning of
√
dubious; form probably
לילי
, and ending
ה
—
ָ
radical, and not
ה
loc
.,
Nö
M 127 Dl
Prol
. 128
Ges
§ 90, 2. c. R. Kö
ii p. 57, R. 1
)
;—
abs.
לַ˜יְלָה
Gn 19:33
+
214 times
+
2 times
Qr
(
v. infr
.);
לָ˜יְלָה
Gn 1:5
+
3 times;
לַ˜יִל
Is 16:3
+
Pr 31:18 La 2:19
Kt
(
Qr
לַיְלָה
);
לֵיל
Is 15:1
(×2);
21:11
;
cstr.
לֵיל
Ex 12:42 Is 30:2
9;
pl. abs.
לֵילֹות
1 S 30:12
+
4 times;
cstr.
id.
,
Is 21:8
+
5 times;—
1.
lit.
night
,
opp.
day,
Gn 8:22
(
J
),
Dt 1:33
+
very often (
v.
יוֹם
); alternation of day and night divinely ordained
Gn 1:5
(
P
),
Je 33:20
(×2),
25
+;
מִיֹּום עַד־ל׳
Is 38:1
2,
13
i.e. within one whole day; as close of day,
עַד־ל׳
2 Ch 35:1
4; as time of sacred
חָג
(
לֵיל
)
Is 30:29
; of suffering and weeping
לֵילֹות עָמָל
Jb 7:
3,
cf.
ψ 6:7
;
77:3
etc.; of pious desires, prayer, praise, meditation, etc. (sometimes
||
by day
)
Is 26:9 Jb 35:10
ψ 1:2
;
22:3
;
42:9
;
77:7
;
88:2
;
92:3
;
119:5
(×2),
cf.
16:
7;
17:3
; of night-service in Temple
134:31
; of sudden assault, or destruction,
Is 15:1 Je 6:5 Ob 5 Jb 27:2
0;
34:20
,
25
;
36:20
; divided into watches
ψ 90:4
;
לֵיל שִׁמֻּרִים
Ex 12:42
v.
sub
שׁמר
;
c.
num
., denoting duration of time,
•
forty days and forty nights
Gn 7:
4,
12 Ex 24:1
8;
34:28 Dt 9:9
,
11
,
18
,
25
;
10:10 1 K 19:
8;
three days and three nights
(
שְׁלשָׁה לֵילֹות
)
1 S 30:12 Jon 2:
1;
seven days and seven nights
(
שִׁבְעַת לֵילֹות
)
Jb 2:13
•
;
חֲלֹום הַלּ׳
•Gn 20:
3;
31:24
(both
E
),
1 K 3:5
;
מַרְאֹת הַלּ׳
Gn 46:2
(
E
);
חֶזְיֹון ל׳
Jb 20:
8;
33:15
,
חֶזְיֹנֹות ל׳
4:1
3,
חֲלֹום חֲזֹון ל׳
Is 29:7
(
cf.
Mi 3:6
infr
.
)
•;
בִּן־ל׳
Jon 4:10
(×2) v.
בֵּן
8.
p. 121 b. Chiefly in adverb. phr.:—
בַּחֲצִי הַלּ׳
at midnight
Ex 12:29
+
(
v.
חֲצִי
,
חָצוֹת
p. 345 b),
cf.
בְּתֹוךְ הַלּ׳
•1 K 3:2
0,
בְּאִישֹׁון ל׳
Pr 7:
9
•;
בַּלּ׳ הַזֶּה
Ex 12:
8,
12
on this night
(
P
; the night of which one is speaking);
בַּלּ׳ הַהוּא
on that night
Gn 19:35
(
J
)
+
often, (
P
only
Nu 14:1
);
בַּל׳ הוּא
Gn 19:3
3;
30:16
; so
הַלּ׳
gent. gentis , of a people, gentilicium . MI Mesha-Inscription.
Dl Freidrich Delitzsch, Assyriches Handwörterbuch; loc. local, locality.
Kt K ethibh .