לַיִל
Biblical Hebrew
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
howling tree →
Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a night (2); night (2); [was] a night (1).
In the verses
מַשָּׂ֖א דּוּמָ֑ה אֵלַי֙ קֹרֵ֣א מִשֵּׂעִ֔יר שֹׁמֵר֙ מַה־מִלַּ֔יְלָה שֹׁמֵ֖ר מַה־מִלֵּֽיל׃
Word for word: the.oracle of.Dumah to me [someone.is].calling from Seir O.watchman what? [is].from.[the] night O.watchman what? [is].from.[the] night
JPS 1917: The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir: 'Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?'
מַשָּׂ֖א מוֹאָ֑ב כִּ֠י בְּלֵ֞יל שֻׁדַּ֨ד עָ֤ר מוֹאָב֙ נִדְמָ֔ה כִּ֗י בְּלֵ֛יל שֻׁדַּ֥ד קִיר־מוֹאָ֖בקִיר־מוֹאָ֖ב נִדְמָֽה׃
Word for word: the.oracle of.Moab (dm) in a.night it.was.devastated Ar of.Moab it.was.destroyed (dm) in a.night it.was.devastated Kir of.Moab it.was.destroyed
JPS 1917: 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.
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