Word Study · Strong's H3916 · Hebrew
לֵילְיָא
leleya
lay-leh-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: lêylᵉyâʼ
“{Lael an Israelite}”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
{Lael an Israelite}
Rendered in the KJV as
night.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- בְּלֵ֣ילְיָ֔א1
- לֵילְיָ֖א1
- לֵֽילְיָ֑א1
- לֵֽילְיָ֗א1
- לֵֽילְיָ֔א1
How it is rendered · 2
- night the4
- on night the1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)4
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- ANcbsd/Ta · 4
- AR/Ncbsd/Ta · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Daniel5 occurrences
- Daniel 2:19לֵילְיָ֖אleilya'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)During the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heavenhere: night the
- Daniel 5:30בְּלֵ֣ילְיָ֔אbeleileya'preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,here: on night the
- Daniel 7:2לֵֽילְיָ֑אleilya'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea.here: night the
- Daniel 7:7לֵֽילְיָ֗אleilya'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.here: night the
- Daniel 7:13לֵֽילְיָ֔אleilya'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.here: night the