〈GI₆〉 mūšu ‘night’
לַיְלָה
laylāh
Hebrew noun
Last edited: 2024-11-25| Primary meaning | night |
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| Literal translation | night |
| Variants | לַיְלָה laylāh לָ֑יְלָה lāyəlāh in pausa |
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night time interval, part of day
וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ לָאוֹר֙ י֔וֹם וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ קָ֣רָא לָ֑יְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃ {פ}
wayyiqrāʾ ʾĕlōhîm lāʾôr yôm wəlaḥōšek̲ qārāʾ lāyəlāh wayhî-ʿereb̲ wayhî-b̲ōqer yôm ʾeḥād̲.
‘God called the light Day and called the darkness Night. And there was evening and there was morning, a first day.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). לַיְלָה (Lemma #2566). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2566/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). לַיְלָה (Lemma #2566). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2566/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). לַיְלָה (Lemma #2566). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2566/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) לַיְלָה (Lemma #2566), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2566/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2566,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {לַיְלָה ({Lemma} #2566)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2566/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2566/},
}