לַ֫יְלָה, H3915
night, period of darkness; Night, named cosmic entity
1. night, period of darkness — The dark period between sunset and sunrise, opposite of day, used as a temporal reference for events, duration, or repeated cycles. 234×
AR["لَيلاً","لَيلَةً","لَيْلًا","لَيْلٍ","لَيْلَةً"]·ben["রাত","রাতে","রাতে।","রাতের","রাত্রি"]·DE["Nacht","Nächte","bei-Nacht","durch-Nacht","in-der-Nacht"]·EN["by-night","night"]·FR["nuit","par-nuit"]·heb["לילה"]·HI["रअत-को","रात","रात-की","रात-को","रात-में"]·ID["malam","pada-malam-hari"]·IT["da-notte","notte","per-notte"]·jav["dalu","dalu.","dalu;","ing-dalu","ing-dalu.","ing-wengi"]·KO["밤","밤-에","밤에","밤의"]·PT["de-noite","de-noite,","noite","noites","à-noite"]·RU["ночей","ночного","ночь","ночью"]·ES["de-noche","noche","noches"]·SW["la-usiku","usiku"]·TR["gece","geceleyin","gecenin"]·urd["رات","رات-کو","رات-کے"]
Gen 1:5, Gen 7:4, Gen 7:12, Gen 14:15, Gen 31:39, Exod 12:30, Exod 12:31, Exod 13:22, Exod 24:18, Exod 34:28, Exod 40:38, Num 9:16 (+38 more)
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Senses
2. Night, named cosmic entity — Night as the proper designation given by God to the darkness, functioning as a cosmic category or personified entity in the creation narrative. 1×
AR["لَيْلًا"]·ben["রাতে"]·DE["Nacht"]·EN["Night"]·FR["nuit"]·heb["לילה"]·HI["रात"]·ID["Malam"]·IT["notte"]·jav["wengi"]·KO["밤에"]·PT["noite"]·RU["Ночью"]·ES["Noche"]·SW["Usiku"]·TR["Gece"]·urd["رات"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
לַ֫יְלָה, לַ֫יִל, n.m. Gn 40:5 night (NH id.; MI15 (ב)ללה; Aramaic לֵילָא, ܠܻܠܝܳܐ, ܠܶܠܝܳܐ; Arabic لَيْلٌ, لَيْلَةٌ; Ethiopic ሌሊት all = night; Assyrian lîlâtu, evening DlHWB; meaning of √ dubious; form probably לילי, and ending ָה radical, and not ה loc., NöM 127 DlProl. 128 Ges§ 90, 2. c. R. Köi. p. 57, R. 1);—abs. לַ֫יְלָה Gn 19:33 + 214 times + 2 times Qr (v. infr.); לָ֑יְלָה Gn 1:5 + 3 times;…