What does לַיִל · יוֹם mean in the Bible?
לַיִל · יוֹם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "night and day".
Hebrew · H3915, H3117
לַיְלָה וָיוֹם
Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night ; figuratively, adversity · a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
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לַיִל H3915 properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night ; figuratively, adversity
Pronunciation laylāh
Night as darkness symbolizing adversity and spiritual danger; fundamental biblical metaphor for trial and divine testing.
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יוֹם H3117 a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Pronunciation yôm
Fundamental unit of time marked by daylight, extending metaphorically to ages, epochs, and eschatological periods.
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What does לַיְלָה וָיוֹם (laylâ wāyôm) mean in the Bible?
לַיִל · יוֹם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "night and day".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3915, H3117?
H3915, H3117 is connected to 2,539 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. night and day
Strong's H3915, H3117
Lexical occurrences 2,539 verses Source Gloss
night and day
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
לַיְלָה וָיוֹם is built from this root:
לוּל H3883
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
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