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H3915לַ֫יְלָהlay.lah
nightPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
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Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
לָ֑יְלָה Lai.lah “night”
And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:
הַלָּ֑יְלָה (לָּ֑יְלָה) La.ye.lah “night”
And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.
הַלַּ֔יְלָה (לַּ֔יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”
To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.
וּבַלַּ֔יְלָה (לַּ֔יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”
For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.
לָ֑יְלָה La.ye.lah “night[s]”
And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
לָֽיְלָה׃ La.ye.lah “night[s]”
While the earth goes on, seed time and the getting in of the grain, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will not come to an end.
וָלַ֖יְלָה (לַ֖יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”
And separating his forces by night, he overcame them, putting them to flight and going after them as far as Hobah, which is on the north side of Damascus.
לַ֛יְלָה Lay.lah “night”
And crying out to Lot, they said, Where are the men who came to your house this night? Send them out to us, so that we may take our pleasure with them.
הַלָּ֑יְלָה (לָּ֑יְלָה) La.ye.lah “night”
And that night they made their father take much wine; and the older daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.
בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (לַּ֣יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”
And on the day after, the older daughter said to the younger, Last night I was with my father; let us make him take much wine this night again, and do you go to him, so that we may have offspring by our father.
הַלַּ֗יְלָה (לַּ֗יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”
And that night again they made their father take much wine; and the younger daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.
בַּלַּ֧יְלָה (לַּ֧יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”
But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, Truly you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.
הַלָּ֑יְלָה (לָּ֑יְלָה) La.ye.lah “night”
That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.
בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (לַּ֣יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”
But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you take my son's love-fruits? Then Rachel said, You may have him tonight in exchange for your son's love-fruits.
הַלַּ֔יְלָה (לַּ֔יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”
In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to come to me, for I have given my son's love-fruits as a price for you. And he went in to her that night.
בַּלַּ֥יְלָה (לַּ֥יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”
Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.
הַלָּ֑יְלָה (לָּ֑יְלָה) La.ye.lah “night”
Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.
לָֽיְלָה׃ La.ye.lah “night”
This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.
בַּלָּ֑יְלָה (לָּ֑יְלָה) La.ye.lah “night”
Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau,
בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (לַּ֣יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”
So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.
בַּלַּֽיְלָה־ (לַּֽיְלָה) lay.lah- “night”
And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.
בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (לַּ֣יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”
And these two had a dream on the same night; the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker of the king of Egypt, who were in prison, the two of them had dreams with a special sense.
בְּלַ֣יְלָה (לַ֣יְלָה) Lay.lah “a night”
And we had a dream on the same night, the two of us, and the dreams had a special sense.
בְּלַ֥יְלָה (לַ֥יְלָה) Lay.lah “a night”
And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
הַלַּ֔יְלָה (לַּ֔יְלָה) Lay.lah “night”