Word Study · Strong's H3915 · Hebrew
לַיִל
layil
lah'-yil
“properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Rendered in the KJV as
(mid-)night (season).
- 233occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 30 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 84inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 233 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 84
- לָ֑יְלָה21
- בַּלַּ֣יְלָה14
- הַלָּ֑יְלָה12
- לַ֗יְלָה12
- לַ֔יְלָה11
- לָֽיְלָה׃11
- הַלַּ֔יְלָה9
- הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙7
- וָלַ֔יְלָה7
- בַּלַּ֥יְלָה6
- הַלַּ֗יְלָה6
- הַלָּֽיְלָה׃6
and 72 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 26
- night65
- the night39
- in the night38
- and night25
- this night17
- night[s]9
- [the] night7
- and in the night4
- in a night4
- in the nights4
- nights4
- [is] from [the] night2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 13
- noun · masculine singular83
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular57
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular40
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular26
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular6
- preposition + noun · masculine singular5
- noun · feminine plural4
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 83
- HTd/Ncmsa · 57
- HRd/Ncmsa · 40
- HC/Ncmsa · 26
- HC/Rd/Ncmsa · 6
- HR/Ncmsa · 5
- HNcfpa · 4
- HR/Ncmsc · 4
- HRd/Ncfpa · 4
- HC/Ncfpc · 1
- HC/Td/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
All 233, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Psalms28 of 233 · 12%
- Genesis25 of 233 · 11%
- Exodus18 of 233 · 8%
- Isaiah18 of 233 · 8%
- Job17 of 233 · 7%
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis25 occurrences
- Genesis 1:5לָ֑יְלָהlailahnoun · masculine singularGod called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.here: night
- Genesis 1:14הַלָּ֑יְלָהhalayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.here: the night
- Genesis 1:16הַלַּ֔יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularGod made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.here: the night
- Genesis 1:18וּבַלַּ֔יְלָהuvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularto preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.here: and over the night
- Genesis 7:4לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularFor seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”here: night[s]
- Genesis 7:12לָֽיְלָה׃layelahnoun · masculine singularAnd the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.here: night[s]
- Genesis 8:22וָלַ֖יְלָהvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAs long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”here: and night
- Genesis 14:15לַ֛יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularDuring the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.here: night
- Genesis 19:5הַלָּ֑יְלָהhalayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThey called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”here: this night
- Genesis 19:33בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSo that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.here: in the night
- Genesis 19:34הַלַּ֗יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”here: this night
- Genesis 19:35בַּלַּ֧יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSo again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.here: in the night
- Genesis 20:3הַלָּ֑יְלָהhalayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularOne night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”here: the night
- Genesis 26:24בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularand that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”here: in the night
- Genesis 30:15הַלַּ֔יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”here: this night
- Genesis 30:16בַּלַּ֥יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhen Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.here: in the night
- Genesis 31:24הַלָּ֑יְלָהhalayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”here: the night
- Genesis 31:39לָֽיְלָה׃layelahnoun · masculine singularI did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.here: night
- Genesis 31:40בַּלָּ֑יְלָהbalayelahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAs it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.here: in the night
- Genesis 32:13בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularJacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:here: in the night
- Genesis 32:21בַּלַּֽיְלָה־balaylah-preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSo Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.here: in the night
- Genesis 32:22בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularDuring the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.here: in the night
- Genesis 40:5בְּלַ֣יְלָהbelaylahpreposition + noun · masculine singularboth of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.here: in a night
- Genesis 41:11בְּלַ֥יְלָהbelaylahpreposition + noun · masculine singularOne night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.here: in a night
- Genesis 46:2הַלַּ֔יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.here: the night
Exodus18 occurrences
- Exodus 10:13הַלָּ֑יְלָהhalayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.here: the night
- Exodus 11:4הַלַּ֔יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,here: the night
- Exodus 12:8בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThey are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.here: in the night
- Exodus 12:12בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularOn that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.here: in the night
- Exodus 12:29הַלַּ֗יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.here: the night
- Exodus 12:30לַ֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularDuring the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.here: night
- Exodus 12:31לַ֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularThen Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.here: night
- Exodus 12:42לֵ֣ילleilnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.here: [was] a night of
- Exodus 12:42הַלַּ֤יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBecause the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.here: the night
- Exodus 13:21וְלַ֛יְלָהvelaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAnd the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.here: and night
- Exodus 13:21וָלָֽיְלָה׃valayelahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAnd the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.here: and night
- Exodus 13:22לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularNeither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.here: night
- Exodus 14:20הַלָּ֑יְלָהhalayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularso that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.here: the night
- Exodus 14:20הַלָּֽיְלָה׃halayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularso that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.here: the night
- Exodus 14:21הַלַּ֔יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,here: the night
- Exodus 24:18לָֽיְלָה׃ פlayelahnoun · masculine singularMoses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.here: night[s]
- Exodus 34:28לַ֔יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularSo Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.here: night[s]
- Exodus 40:38לַ֖יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularFor the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.here: night
Leviticus2 occurrences
- Leviticus 6:9הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙halaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“Command Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth of the altar all night, until morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.here: the night
- Leviticus 8:35וָלַ֙יְלָה֙valaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularYou must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”here: and night
Numbers9 occurrences
- Numbers 9:16לָֽיְלָה׃layelahnoun · masculine singularIt remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.here: night
- Numbers 9:21וָלַ֔יְלָהvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularSometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they would set out. Whether it was by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up, they would set out.here: and night
- Numbers 11:9לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularWhen the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.here: night
- Numbers 11:32הַלַּ֜יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAll that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.here: the night
- Numbers 14:1בַּלַּ֥יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThen the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.here: in the night
- Numbers 14:14לָֽיְלָה׃layelahnoun · masculine singularAnd they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.here: night
- Numbers 22:8הַלַּ֔יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.here: this night
- Numbers 22:19הַלָּ֑יְלָהhalayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”here: this night
- Numbers 22:20לַיְלָה֒laylahnoun · masculine singularThat night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”here: night
Deuteronomy9 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 1:33לַ֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularwho went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.here: night
- Deuteronomy 9:9לַ֔יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularWhen I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.here: night[s]
- Deuteronomy 9:11לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularAnd at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.here: night[s]
- Deuteronomy 9:18לַ֔יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularThen I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.here: night[s]
- Deuteronomy 9:25הַלַּ֖יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.here: the night[s]
- Deuteronomy 10:10לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularI stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.here: night[s]
- Deuteronomy 16:1לָֽיְלָה׃layelahnoun · masculine singularObserve the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.here: night
- Deuteronomy 23:10לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularIf any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.here: night
- Deuteronomy 28:66לַ֣יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularSo your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.here: night
Joshua7 occurrences
- Joshua 1:8וָלַ֔יְלָהvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThis Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.here: and night
- Joshua 2:2הַלַּ֛יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.”here: this night
- Joshua 4:3הַלָּֽיְלָה׃ סhalayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularand command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”here: this night
- Joshua 8:3לָֽיְלָה׃layelahnoun · masculine singularSo Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at nighthere: night
- Joshua 8:9בַּלַּ֥יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSo Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.here: in the night
- Joshua 8:13בַּלַּ֥יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSo the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.here: in the night
- Joshua 10:9הַלַּ֕יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAfter marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua caught them by surprise.here: the night
Judges12 occurrences
- Judges 6:25בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularOn that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.here: in the night
- Judges 6:27לָֽיְלָה׃layelahnoun · masculine singularSo Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.here: night
- Judges 6:40בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAnd that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.here: in the night
- Judges 7:9בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThat night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.here: in the night
- Judges 9:32לַ֔יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularNow then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.here: night
- Judges 9:34לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularSo Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.here: night
- Judges 16:2הַלַּ֖יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhen the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”here: the night
- Judges 16:2הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙halaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhen the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”here: the night
- Judges 16:3הַלַּיְלָה֒halaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.here: the night
- Judges 16:3הַלַּ֗יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.here: the night
- Judges 19:25הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙halaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.here: the night
- Judges 20:5לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularAnd during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.here: night
Ruth4 occurrences
- Ruth 1:12הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙halaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularReturn home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,here: this night
- Ruth 3:2הַלָּֽיְלָה׃halayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.here: this night
- Ruth 3:8הַלַּ֔יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAt midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!here: the night
- Ruth 3:13הַלַּ֗יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularStay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”here: this night
1 Samuel14 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 14:34הַלַּ֖יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.here: this night
- 1 Samuel 14:36לַ֜יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularAnd Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”here: night
- 1 Samuel 15:11הַלָּֽיְלָה׃halayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.here: the night
- 1 Samuel 15:16הַלָּ֑יְלָהhalayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.here: this night
- 1 Samuel 19:10בַּלַּ֥יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSaul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.here: in the night
- 1 Samuel 19:11הַלַּ֔יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”here: this night
- 1 Samuel 19:24הַלָּ֑יְלָהhalayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”here: the night
- 1 Samuel 25:16לַ֖יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularThey were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.here: night
- 1 Samuel 26:7לַיְלָה֒laylahnoun · masculine singularThat night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.here: night
- 1 Samuel 28:8לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularSo Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”here: night
- 1 Samuel 28:20הַלָּֽיְלָה׃halayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularImmediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.here: the night
- 1 Samuel 28:25בַּלַּ֥יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularShe served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.here: on the night
- 1 Samuel 30:12לֵילֽוֹת׃ סleilotnoun · feminine plurala piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.here: nights
- 1 Samuel 31:12הַלַּיְלָה֒halaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularall their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.here: the night
2 Samuel8 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 2:29הַלַּ֣יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.here: the night
- 2 Samuel 2:32הַלַּ֗יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularLater, they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.here: the night
- 2 Samuel 4:7הַלָּֽיְלָה׃halayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThey had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.here: the night
- 2 Samuel 7:4בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularBut that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,here: in the night
- 2 Samuel 17:1הַלָּֽיְלָה׃halayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularFurthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.here: this night
- 2 Samuel 17:16הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙halaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”here: this night
- 2 Samuel 19:7הַלַּ֔יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”here: this night
- 2 Samuel 21:10לָֽיְלָה׃layelahnoun · masculine singularAnd Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.here: night
1 Kings6 occurrences
- 1 Kings 3:5הַלָּ֑יְלָהhalayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularOne night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”here: the night
- 1 Kings 3:19לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularDuring the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.here: night
- 1 Kings 3:20הַלַּ֜יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.here: the night
- 1 Kings 8:29לַ֣יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularMay Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.here: night
- 1 Kings 8:59וָלָ֑יְלָהvalayelahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAnd may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,here: and night
- 1 Kings 19:8לַ֔יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularSo he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.here: night[s]
2 Kings5 occurrences
- 2 Kings 6:14לַ֔יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularthe king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.here: night
- 2 Kings 7:12לַ֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularSo the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”here: night
- 2 Kings 8:21לַ֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularSo Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.here: night
- 2 Kings 19:35בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAnd that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!here: in the night
- 2 Kings 25:4הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙halaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,here: this night
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 9:33וָלַ֛יְלָהvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThose who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.here: and night
- 1 Chronicles 17:3בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularBut that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,here: in the night
2 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 1:7בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThat night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”here: in the night
- 2 Chronicles 6:20וָלַ֔יְלָהvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularMay Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.here: and night
- 2 Chronicles 7:12בַּלָּ֑יְלָהbalayelahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularthe LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.here: in the night
- 2 Chronicles 21:9לַ֔יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularSo Jehoram crossed into Edom with his officers and all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night.here: night
- 2 Chronicles 35:14לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularAfterward, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, since the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were offering up burnt offerings and fat until nightfall. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.here: night
Nehemiah9 occurrences
- Nehemiah 1:6וָלַ֔יְלָהvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularlet Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.here: and night
- Nehemiah 2:12לַ֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularI set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.here: night
- Nehemiah 2:13לַ֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularSo I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.here: night
- Nehemiah 2:15לַ֔יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularso I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.here: night
- Nehemiah 4:9וָלַ֖יְלָהvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularSo we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.here: and night
- Nehemiah 4:22הַלַּ֛יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAt that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”here: the night
- Nehemiah 6:10וְלַ֖יְלָהvelaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularLater, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you— by night they are coming to kill you!”here: and night
- Nehemiah 9:12לַ֔יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularYou led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.here: night
- Nehemiah 9:19בְּלַ֙יְלָה֙belaylahpreposition + noun · masculine singularYou in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.here: at night
Esther2 occurrences
- Esther 4:16לַ֣יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singular“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”here: night
- Esther 6:1בַּלַּ֣יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThat night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.here: in the night
Job17 occurrences
- Job 2:13לֵיל֑וֹתleilotnoun · feminine pluralThen they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.here: nights
- Job 3:3וְהַלַּ֥יְלָהvehalaylahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’here: and the night
- Job 3:6הַלַּ֥יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularIf only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.here: the night
- Job 3:7הַלַּ֣יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBehold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.here: the night
- Job 4:13לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularIn disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,here: [the] night
- Job 5:14וְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָהvekhalaylahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThey encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.here: and like the night
- Job 7:3וְלֵיל֥וֹתveleilotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.here: and nights of
- Job 17:12לַ֭יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularThey have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.here: night
- Job 20:8לָֽיְלָה׃layelahnoun · masculine singularHe will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.here: [the] night
- Job 24:14וּ֝בַלַּ֗יְלָהuvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhen daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.here: and in the night
- Job 27:20לַ֝֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularTerrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.here: night
- Job 30:17לַ֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularNight pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.here: night
- Job 33:15לַ֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularIn a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,here: [the] night
- Job 34:20לָ֥יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularThey die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.here: [the] night
- Job 34:25לַ֝֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularTherefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.here: night
- Job 35:10בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃balayelahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularBut no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,here: in the night
- Job 36:20הַלָּ֑יְלָהhalayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularDo not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.here: the night
Psalms28 occurrences
- Psalms 1:2וָלָֽיְלָה׃valayelahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularBut his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.here: and night
- Psalms 6:6לַ֭יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularI am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.here: night
- Psalms 16:7לֵ֝יל֗וֹתleilotnoun · feminine pluralI will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.here: nights
- Psalms 17:3לַּ֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularYou have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.here: night
- Psalms 19:2וְלַ֥יְלָהvelaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularDay after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.here: and night
- Psalms 19:2לְּ֝לַ֗יְלָהlelaylahpreposition + noun · masculine singularDay after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.here: to night
- Psalms 22:2וְ֝לַ֗יְלָהvelaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularI cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.here: and night
- Psalms 32:4וָלַיְלָה֮valaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularFor day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selahhere: and night
- Psalms 42:3וָלָ֑יְלָהvalayelahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularMy tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”here: and night
- Psalms 42:8וּ֭בַלַּיְלָהuvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThe LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.here: and in the night
- Psalms 55:10וָלַ֗יְלָהvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularDay and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.here: and night
- Psalms 74:16לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularThe day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.here: night
- Psalms 77:2לַ֣יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularIn the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.here: night
- Psalms 77:6בַּ֫לָּ֥יְלָהbalayelahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAt night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:here: in the night
- Psalms 78:14הַ֝לַּ֗יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularHe led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.here: the night
- Psalms 88:1בַלַּ֣יְלָהvalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularO LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.here: in the night
- Psalms 90:4בַלָּֽיְלָה׃valayelahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularFor in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.here: in the night
- Psalms 91:5לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularYou will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,here: night
- Psalms 92:2בַּלֵּילֽוֹת׃baleilotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralto proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at nighthere: in the nights
- Psalms 104:20לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularYou bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.here: night
- Psalms 105:39לָֽיְלָה׃layelahnoun · masculine singularHe spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.here: night
- Psalms 119:55בַלַּ֣יְלָהvalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularIn the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.here: in the night
- Psalms 119:62לַ֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularAt midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.here: [the] night
- Psalms 121:6בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃balayelahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThe sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.here: in the night
- Psalms 134:1בַּלֵּילֽוֹת׃baleilotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralCome, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!here: in the nights
- Psalms 136:9בַּלָּ֑יְלָהbalayelahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularthe moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.here: in the night
- Psalms 139:11וְ֝לַ֗יְלָהvelaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularIf I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—here: and [will be] night
- Psalms 139:12וְ֭לַיְלָהvelaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulareven the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.here: and night
Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 7:9לַ֝֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularat twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.here: [the] night
- Proverbs 31:15לַ֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularShe rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.here: night
- Proverbs 31:18בַלַּ֣יְלָהvalayilpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularShe sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.here: in the night
Ecclesiastes2 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 2:23בַּלַּ֖יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularIndeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.here: in the night
- Ecclesiastes 8:16וּבַלַּ֔יְלָהuvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhen I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—here: and in the night
Song of Solomon3 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 3:1בַּלֵּיל֔וֹתbaleilotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralOn my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.here: in the nights
- Song of Solomon 3:8בַּלֵּילּֽוֹת׃ סbaleilotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralAll are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.here: in the nights
- Song of Solomon 5:2לָֽיְלָה׃layelahnoun · masculine singularI sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”here: night
Isaiah18 occurrences
- Isaiah 4:5לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularThen the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,here: night
- Isaiah 15:1בְּלֵ֞ילbeleilpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!here: in a night
- Isaiah 15:1בְּלֵ֛ילbeleilpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!here: in a night
- Isaiah 16:3כַלַּ֛יִלkhalayilpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singular“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.here: like the night
- Isaiah 21:8הַלֵּילֽוֹת׃haleilotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThen the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.here: the nights
- Isaiah 21:11מִלַּ֔יְלָהmilaylahpreposition + noun · masculine singularThis is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”here: [is] from [the] night
- Isaiah 21:11מִלֵּֽיל׃mileilpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”here: [is] from [the] night
- Isaiah 21:12לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularThe watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”here: night
- Isaiah 26:9בַּלַּ֔יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularMy soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.here: in the night
- Isaiah 27:3לַ֥יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularI, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;here: night
- Isaiah 28:19וּבַלָּ֑יְלָהuvalayelahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAs often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.here: and in the night
- Isaiah 29:7לַ֔יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularAll the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,here: [the] night
- Isaiah 30:29כְּלֵ֖ילkeleilpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.here: like a night of
- Isaiah 34:10לַ֤יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularIt will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.here: night
- Isaiah 38:12לַ֖יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularMy dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.here: night
- Isaiah 38:13לַ֖יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularI composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.here: night
- Isaiah 60:11וָלַ֖יְלָהvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularYour gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.here: and night
- Isaiah 62:6הַלַּ֛יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularOn your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,here: the night
Jeremiah12 occurrences
- Jeremiah 6:5בַלָּ֔יְלָהvalayelahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularRise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”here: in the night
- Jeremiah 9:1וָלַ֔יְלָהvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularOh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.here: and night
- Jeremiah 14:17לַ֥יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularYou are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.here: night
- Jeremiah 16:13וָלַ֔יְלָהvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularSo I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’here: and night
- Jeremiah 31:35לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularThus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:here: night
- Jeremiah 33:20הַלָּ֑יְלָהhalayelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,here: the night
- Jeremiah 33:20וָלַ֖יְלָהvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,here: and night
- Jeremiah 33:25וָלָ֑יְלָהvalayelahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThis is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,here: and night
- Jeremiah 36:30בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃balayelahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularTherefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.here: in the night
- Jeremiah 39:4לַ֤יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularWhen Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.here: night
- Jeremiah 49:9בַּלַּ֖יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularIf grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?here: in the night
- Jeremiah 52:7לַ֗יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularThen the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,here: night
Lamentations3 occurrences
- Lamentations 1:2בַּלַּ֗יְלָהbalaylahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularShe weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.here: in the night
- Lamentations 2:18וָלַ֔יְלָהvalaylahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThe hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.here: and night
- Lamentations 2:19בַלַּ֗יְלָהvalayilpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularArise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.here: in the night
Hosea2 occurrences
- Hosea 4:5לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularYou will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—here: night
- Hosea 7:6הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙halaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularFor they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.here: the night
Jonah3 occurrences
- Jonah 1:17לֵילֽוֹת׃leilotnoun · feminine pluralNow the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.here: nights
- Jonah 4:10לַ֥יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularBut the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.here: a night
- Jonah 4:10לַ֥יְלָהlaylahnoun · masculine singularBut the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.here: a night
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 1:8הַלַּ֗יְלָהhalaylahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularI looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.here: the night
- Zechariah 14:7לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnoun · masculine singularIt will be a day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.here: night