Lexicon liyliyth: owl Original Word: לִילִיתPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: liyliyth Phonetic Spelling: (lee-leeth') Short Definition: owl Brown-Driver-Briggs לִילִית noun feminine Lilith (Milton Che night-hag), name of a female night-demon haunting desolate Edom; probably borrowed from Babylonian, Isaiah 34:14 (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian lilîtu, Dl HWB 377; Syriac PS 1951; on the development of legends of Lilith in later Judaism, see Bux Lex. Talmud., under the word Che on the passage Grünbaum ZMG xxxi.1877, 250 f. — Connexion with לילה perhaps only apparent, a popular etymology). לִין see לון.
Strong's screech owl From layil; a night spectre -- screech owl. see HEBREW layil |
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