לַיְלָה
laylâ
night
Strong's H3915NounHebrewTWOT 1111Time

לַיְלָה (laylâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning night. It appears 235 times in 30 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3915).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1111)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1111)night; twist, adversity
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

לַ֫יְלָה noun, masculine: night

Strong's H3915 לַיִל: properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV:(mid-)night (season).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 1:5Exodus 11:4Leviticus 8:35

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