לֵֽילְיָ֑/א

𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤉/𐤀

leyleya

night

(Aramaic) corresponding to לָאֵל; {Lael an Israelite}; night.

H3916

Daniel 7:2 · Word #8

Lexicon H3916

Lemmaלֵילְיָא
Lemma (Paleo)𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤉𐤀
Transliterationlêylᵉyâʼ
Strong'sH3916
In-contextnight

Morphology ANcmsd/Td All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State d — Determined — The noun is definite

SIBI-P1 H3916-01

the night

Rootליל (l-y-l)
Core Meaningsnight, darkness, nocturnal time, obscurity
Semantic Rangenighttime, a specific night, the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise, figuratively a time of distress or obscurity.
Conceptual SignificanceIn biblical usage, "the night" often marks moments of divine intervention, revelation, judgment, or deliverance. It can signify both literal darkness and symbolic periods of uncertainty or testing within redemptive history.
Morphological NotesAramaic noun, common masculine singular, determined (emphatic) state. The -ָא ending marks definiteness in Biblical Aramaic.
Rendering RationaleThe term לֵילְיָא is the Aramaic masculine singular noun in the determined (emphatic) state, indicated by the ending -ָא. Rendering it as "the night" preserves both its singular masculine form and its definite force, while retaining the core sense of the root ליל, referring to the period of darkness.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root ליל (night, darkness, nocturnal time, obscurity)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H3915-01 balayelah in the night
H3915-02 baleylot in the nights
H3915-03 belayelah in the night
H3915-04 beleyl in the night-of
H3915-05 halayelah the light-twisted night
H3915-06 haleylot the night-times
H3915-07 keleyl like the night of
H3915-09 layelah night — the light-turned time
H3915-10 lelayelah unto night
H3915-11 leyl night-of
H3915-12 leylot nights
H3915-13 milayelah from the night-turning
H3915-14 mileyl night of
H3915-15 uvalayelah and in the night-season
H3915-16 valayelah and night
H3915-17 vehalayelah and the night
H3915-18 vekhalayelah and like the night
H3915-19 velayelah and night
H3915-20 veleylot and nights of

Word Usage (5 occurrences of H3916)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Daniel 2:19 לֵילְיָ֖/א leyleya of the night
Daniel 5:30 בְּ/לֵ֣ילְיָ֔/א beleyleya night
Daniel 7:2 לֵֽילְיָ֑/א leyleya night