Original Language Studio
Isaiah 34:10
“It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3915 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
- Derivation
- or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as H3883 (לוּל);
- KJV renderings
- (mid-)night (season).
- Grammar
- לַ֤יְלָה — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 235 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:5Genesis 1:14Genesis 1:16Genesis 1:18Genesis 7:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לַיִל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.