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title: לַיִל — howling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לַיִל (lemma:לַיִל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: howling. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לַיִל

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«לַיִל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **howling** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:לַיִל

### Glosses

a.night (2); night (2); \[was\].a.night (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

howling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b7_5d9_5b4_5dc/#m1)

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לַיִל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b7_5d9_5b4_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 21:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.11/)

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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?'

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[Isaiah 15:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.15.1/)

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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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