Definition

properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity

Etymology

or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as H3883 (לוּל);

Where the KJV renders it

• (mid-)night (season)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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