לַיְלָה

laylāh
Hebrew · noun
variant לָ֑יְלָה : lāyəlāh
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-25
Meanings
Literal translation
night
Categories
time interval
part of day
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1. night

1.a 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.’

— Genesis 1 5

Genre: religious text

Cite this entry
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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2566,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {לַיְלָה ({Lemma} #2566)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2566/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2566/},
}