לַיִל
layil · lah'-yil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Lexicon
Derivation: or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as H3883 (לוּל);
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
- properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night
- figuratively, adversity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (mid-)night (season).
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads
Authority, the one who leads of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לַיִל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
233 occurrences · 233 OT · 0 NT · 84 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- by night38 · 23%
- and night21 · 13%
- in the night17 · 10%
- nights14 · 8%
- night9 · 5%
- that night9 · 5%
- of the night6 · 4%
- all night6 · 4%
- this night5 · 3%
- all the night4 · 2%
- and in the night4 · 2%
- nor night4 · 2%
- at midnight4 · 2%
- and it came to pass the same night3 · 2%
- and all that night3 · 2%
- even to night2 · 1%
- what of the night2 · 1%
- as in the night2 · 1%
- and it came to pass that night2 · 1%
- to night2 · 1%
- all that night2 · 1%
- because in the night2 · 1%
- and by night2 · 1%
- in that night2 · 1%
- the night2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.