--- title: לֵן — lodge · The Tanakh dictionary description: לֵן (lemma:לֵן), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: lodge. BDB 1906: vb. abide Qal Hiph. Hiph. Hiph. Hithpoʿl. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5dc_5b5_5df.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1500-2.md)‎ / לֵן‎ # לֵן «לֵן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lodge** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers. **Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:לֵן · **BDB:** לוּן ### Glosses passing.the.night (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) lodge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b5_5df/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. abide Qal Hiph. Hiph. Hiph. Hithpoʿl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b5_5df/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** . vb. lodge, pass the night, fig. abide (NH לִינָה n. lodging, spending the night; cf. NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 535 ff.; according to Thes kindred with לַיְלָה (q.v. infra), with change of ל and ן)—Qal Pf. לָן Gn 32:22; 2 S 12:16; 3 fs. וְלָ֫נֶה consec. (before monosyl.) Zc 5:4; 1 pl. וְלַנּוּ consec. Ju 19:13 (v. Ges§ 73. R. 1 Köi. 508); Impf. יָלִין Ex 23:18 + 13 times + 2 S 17:8, but cf. Hiph.; וַיָּ֫לֶן Gn 28:11 + 4 times; 3 fs. תָּלִין Lv 19:13 + 4 times; תָּלַ֫ן Jb 17:2 (v. Köi. 509); 2 ms. juss. אַל־תָּ֫לֶן 2 S 17:16; תָּלַ֑ן Ju 19:20 (v. Köl.c.), etc.; Imv. לִין Ju 19:6, 9, etc.; Inf. cstr. לָלוּן Gn 24:25 + 5 times; לָלִין 24:23; Pt. pl. לֵנִים Ne 13:21;— lodge, pass the night: lit., human subj., often c. prep. or adv. of place, Gn 19:2; 28:11; Ju 19:13, 15; Ru 1:16; Jb 24:7 + often (on 2 S 17:8 v. Hiph.); c. ה loc., וְלָן וְשָׁכַב אַ֫רְצָה 2 S 12:16; c. ב loc. + ב temp. בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא Gn 32:14, 22; Jos 8:9; c. הַלַּיְלָה (accus. temp.), Nu 22:8; Jos 4:3; 2 S 17:16; 19:8; Ru 3:13; of the wicked ψ 59:16, according to Hup De Pe al.; לון 𝔊𝔙 Aq Che Bae al., cf. AV; sim. of temporary sojourn Je 14:8 (of י׳ in Isr.) of animals: wild ox (רְאֵם) Jb 39:9 (sq. עַל־אֲבוּסֶ֑ךָ), porcupine (קִפֹּד) Zp 2:14. inanim. subj. = remain all night: of fat of sacrifice Ex 23:18 (E; sq. עַד־בֹּקֶר), passover meal 34:25 (P; sq. לַבֹּקֶר), Dt 16:4 (sq. לַבֹּקֶר; all these without local designation), wages of hireling Lv 19:13 (H; אֶת = with + עַד־בֹּקֶר); of dead body Dt 21:23 (עַל loc.); dew Jb 29:19 (ב loc.); bunch of myrrh Ct 1:13 (בֵּין loc.) fig. בָּעֶרֶב יָלִין בֶּ֑כִי ψ 30:6 at evening weeping may come to lodge (opp. וְלַבֹּקֶר רִנָּה). fig. abide, remain, subj. עַיִן (= look upon), c. ב Jb 17:2; of error, 19:4 (c. prep. אֵת pers.), strength 41:14 (of crocod.; c. ב); of righteousness, Is 1:21 (c. ב); נַפְשׁוֹ בְטוֹב תָּלִין ψ 25:13; of hearkening ear Pr 15:31, c. בְּקֶרֶב; of thoughts Je 4:14, c. id.; abs., of man, continue, endure, ψ 49:13, שָׂבֵעַ יָלִין Pr 19:23 he shall continue satisfied. Hiph. Impf. יָלִין cause to rest, lodge, sq. acc., 2 S 17:8 v. Köi. 509. Hithpoʿl. Impf. יִתְלֹנָ֑ן Jb 39:28 dwell, abide, of eagle; fig. בְּצֵל שַׁדַּי יִתְלוֹנָ֑ן ψ 91:1 of one trusting in י׳. Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «לֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b5_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Nehemiah 13:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.13.21/) וָאָעִ֣ידָה בָהֶ֗ם וָאֹמְרָ֤ה אֲלֵיהֶם֙ מַדּ֜וּעַ אַתֶּ֤ם לֵנִים֙ נֶ֣גֶד הַחוֹמָ֔ה אִם־תִּשְׁנ֕וּ יָ֖ד אֶשְׁלַ֣ח בָּכֶ֑ם מִן־הָעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא לֹא־בָ֖אוּ בַּשַּׁבָּֽת׃ס *Word for word:* and I warned (in) them and I said to them why? \[are\].you passing.the.night before the wall if you.will.do.\[it\].again a.hand I.will.stretch.out on you from the time (the) that not they.came on the sabbath *JPS 1917:* Then I forewarned them, and said unto them: 'Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you.' From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. - ← previous: [לְמַעַן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4616.md) - next →: [לֹעַ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3930.md) - ↑ back to [ל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1500-2.md)