לילה

Hebrew

Etymology

Likely a remnant of the accusative case (used adverbially to mean “at night”) of לַיִל‎ (láyil), from Proto-Semitic *layl-. Cognate with Arabic لَيْل‎ (layl), لَيْلَة‎ (layla), Aramaic לֵילְיָא‎ (lēləyā), Classical Syriac ܠܹܠܝܵܐ‎ (lēlyā).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈlaj.la/

Noun

לַיְלָה • (láyla) m (plural indefinite לֵילוֹת‎, singular construct לֵיל־‎, Biblical Hebrew pausal form לָיְלָה)

night: period from nightfall to daybreak
(figuratively) adversity

Synonyms

לַיִל‎ (láyil)

Derived terms

הַלַּיְלָה‎ (haláyla)
לַיְלָה טוֹב‎ (láyla tóv)

References

H3915 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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