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H3915לַ֫יְלָהlay.lah

nightPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 25
  2. 18
  3. 2
  4. 9
  5. 9
  6. 7
  7. 12
  8. 4
  9. 14
  10. 8
  11. 6
  12. 5
  13. 2
  14. 5
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 9
  17. 2
  18. 17
  19. 28
  20. 3
  21. 2
  22. 3
  23. 18
  24. 12
  25. 3
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 2
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 1
  31. 1
  32. 3
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 2
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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233 occurrences in 223 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Psalms 139:12

    Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, but the night shineth as the day; the darkness is even as the light.

    וְ֭לַיְלָה (לַיְלָה) lay.lah “night”

  2. Proverbs 7:9

    In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

    לַ֝֗יְלָה Lay.lah “[the] night”

  3. Proverbs 31:15

    She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth food to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

    לַ֗יְלָה Lay.lah “night”

  4. Proverbs 31:18

    She perceiveth that her merchandise is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.

    בַלַּ֣יְלָה (לַּ֣יְלָה) la.yil “night”

  5. Ecclesiastes 2:23

    For all his days are pains, and his occupation vexation; yea, even in the night his heart taketh not rest. This also is vanity.

    בַּלַּ֖יְלָה (לַּ֖יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”

  6. Ecclesiastes 8:16

    When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth--for neither day nor night do men see sleep with their eyes--

    וּבַלַּ֔יְלָה (לַּ֔יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”

  7. Song of Songs 3:1

    By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I found him not.

    בַּלֵּיל֔וֹת (לֵּיל֔וֹת) lei.Lot “nights”

  8. Song of Songs 3:8

    They all handle the sword, and are expert in war; every man hath his sword upon his thigh, because of dread in the night.

    בַּלֵּילּֽוֹת׃ (לֵּילּֽוֹת) lei.Lot “nights”

  9. Song of Songs 5:2

    I sleep, but my heart waketh; Hark! my beloved knocketh: 'Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.'

    לָֽיְלָה׃ La.ye.lah “night”

  10. Isaiah 4:5

    And the LORD will create over the whole habitation of mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a canopy.

    לָ֑יְלָה La.ye.lah “night”

  11. Isaiah 15:1

    The burden of Moab. For in the night that Ar of Moab is laid waste, he is brought to ruin; for in the night that Kir of Moab is laid waste, he is brought to ruin.

    בְּלֵ֞יל (לֵ֞יל) Leil “a night”בְּלֵ֛יל (לֵ֛יל) Leil “a night”

  12. Isaiah 16:3

    'Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.

    כַלַּ֛יִל (לַּ֛יִל) La.yil “night”

  13. Isaiah 21:8

    And he cried as a lion: 'Upon the watch-tower, O Lord, I stand continually in the daytime, and I am set in my ward all the nights.'

    הַלֵּילֽוֹת׃ (לֵּילֽוֹת) lei.Lot “nights”

  14. Isaiah 21:11

    The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir: 'Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?'

    מִלַּ֔יְלָה (לַּ֔יְלָה) Lay.lah “[the] night”מִלֵּֽיל׃ (לֵּֽיל) Leil “[the] night”

  15. Isaiah 21:12

    The watchman said: 'The morning cometh, and also the night--if ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, come.'

    לָ֑יְלָה La.ye.lah “night”

  16. Isaiah 26:9

    With my soul have I desired Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me have I sought Thee earnestly; for when Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

    בַּלַּ֔יְלָה (לַּ֔יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”

  17. Isaiah 27:3

    I the LORD do guard it, I water it every moment; lest Mine anger visit it, I guard it night and day.

    לַ֥יְלָה Lay.lah “night”

  18. Isaiah 28:19

    As often as it passeth through, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night; and it shall be sheer terror to understand the message.

    וּבַלָּ֑יְלָה (לָּ֑יְלָה) La.ye.lah “night”

  19. Isaiah 29:7

    And the multitude of all the nations that war against Ariel, even all that war against her, and the bulwarks about her, and they that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.

    לַ֔יְלָה Lay.lah “[the] night”

  20. Isaiah 30:29

    Ye shall have a song as in the night when a feast is hallowed; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with the pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

    כְּלֵ֖יל (לֵ֖יל) Leil “a night of”

  21. Isaiah 34:10

    It shall not be quenched night nor day, the smoke thereof shall go up for ever; from generation to generation it shall lie waste: none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

    לַ֤יְלָה Lay.lah “night”

  22. Isaiah 38:12

    My habitation is plucked up and carried away from me as a shepherd's tent; I have rolled up like a weaver my life; He will cut me off from the thrum; from day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me.

    לַ֖יְלָה Lay.lah “night”

  23. Isaiah 38:13

    The more I make myself like unto a lion until morning, the more it breaketh all my bones; from day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me.

    לַ֖יְלָה Lay.lah “night”

  24. Isaiah 60:11

    Thy gates also shall be open continually, day and night, they shall not be shut; that men may bring unto thee the wealth of the nations, and their kings in procession.

    וָלַ֖יְלָה (לַ֖יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”

  25. Isaiah 62:6

    I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, they shall never hold their peace day nor night: 'Ye that are the LORD'S remembrancers, take ye no rest,

    הַלַּ֛יְלָה (לַּ֛יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”