Bin layla (בן לילה) means overnight in Hebrew.
It is an adverb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
בִּן לַיְלָה
bin layla
adverb
In English
overnight
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Bin layla.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1במשך לילה אחד; בזמן שאנשים ישנים ועל־כן לא שמו לב לכך. תוך זמן קצר מאוד.
וַיֹּאמֶר יהוה – אַתָּה חַסְתָּ עַל־הַקִּיקָיוֹן, אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָמַלְתָּ בּוֹ וְלֹא גִדַּלְתּוֹ; שֶׁבִּן־לַיְלָה הָיָה, וּבִן־לַיְלָה אָבָד.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Bin layla is an adverb.
- Written with vowel points
- בִּן לַיְלָה
- Written without vowel points
- בן לילה
- Said
- bin layla
- Gematria
- 127
This is how Bin layla is said in other languages.
- English
- overnight
- Arabic
- بَيْنَ عَشِية وَضُحاها
These words come before and after Bin layla in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Bin layla.
What does Bin layla (בן לילה) mean in Hebrew?
Bin layla (בן לילה) means overnight. It is said bin layla, with the stress on lay.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry בן לילה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.