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lyly, lylyˀ (laylay [lēlē], lēlyā) n.m. night
night
Common Aramaic
Sf.1.a12↗ wqdm ywm wlylh : in the presence of day and night ; TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .80↗ בר̇[י] אל תל[ו]ט יומא עד תחזה[ לי]ל̇ה‏ : my son, do not curse the day until you see the night ; Dan 2:19↗ בְּחֶזְוָא דִי־לֵילְיָא‏ : in a night vision ; NabTomb 2:4↗ pylˁn prš lylyˀ mn ymmˀ mn dy ynpq ythm lˁlm : may the one who separates night from day curse whoever removes them forever ; GenApoc 19.14↗ בלילה מעלי̇ לא̇ר̇ע̇ מ̇צ̇ר̇י̇ן̇‏ : on the night of my entry into the land of Egypt ; TN Gen1:5↗ ולחשוכא קרא לליא‏ : he called the darkness night ; P Ps6:7↗ ܒܟܠ ܠܝ̈ܠܐ‏ : the whole night ; BT Meg 20b(6)↗ ועד צאת הכוכבים לא האוי ליליא‏ : it is not night until the appearance of the stars
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Syr. abs. laylay (East: lēlay) and lēl(y); JBA abs. lēlē; pl. ܠܲܝ̈ܠܲܘܵܬܵܐ‏, לֵילָווָתָא
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Sam. appears also to use a singular back-formed from the plural (i.e., לילו) as well as the Hebraizing form לילה; see Tal. 436. The form לילתה given from targum A is dubious.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 691[366]DJPA: 282bDJBA: 626aJastrow: 707Drower/Macuch: 236bPayne-Smith: 1950J. Payne-Smith: 241Levy Ch-W: 1:409Tal Sam: 436DNWSI: 574DISO: 138DCPA[Schulthess]: 199[103]DJA: 60bQumran: 128

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