Lelshimurim (ליל שימורים) means sleepless night in Hebrew.
It can also mean wakeful night. It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
sleepless night, wakeful night
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Lelshimurim.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לילה שיש בו מחסור בשינה, שערים בו לכל ארכו, או ברובו.
לֵיל שִׁמֻּרִים הוּא לַיהוָה, לְהוֹצִיאָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם; הוּא-הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה לַיהוָה, שִׁמֻּרִים לְכָל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְדֹרֹתָם.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Lelshimurim is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- לֵיל שִׁמּוּרִים
- Written without vowel points
- ליל שימורים
- Said
- lelshimurim
- Root
- ל־ו־ל
- Plural
- לֵילוׂת שִׁמּוּרִים
- Inflections
- ר' לֵילוׂת שִׁמּוּרִים
- Gematria
- 676
This is how Lelshimurim is said in other languages.
- English
- sleepless night, wakeful night
- Arabic
- ليلة بلا نوم
- Spanish
- noche de insomnio
- German
- Schlaflose Nacht
These words mean nearly the same as Lelshimurim.
- לילה לבןmoonlit night
- עשה לילות כימים
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Lelshimurim.
- ליל מנוחה
- נרדם בשמירה
- נרדם על משמרתו
- שינה מתוקה
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Lelshimurim comes from the root ל־ו־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Lelshimurim in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Lelshimurim.
What does Lelshimurim (ליל שימורים) mean in Hebrew?
Lelshimurim (ליל שימורים) means sleepless night and wakeful night. It is said lelshimurim, with the stress on lel.
What is a synonym for Lelshimurim (ליל שימורים)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Lelshimurim (ליל שימורים) are לילה לבן and עשה לילות כימים.
What is the opposite of Lelshimurim (ליל שימורים)?
Words that mean the opposite of Lelshimurim (ליל שימורים) are ליל מנוחה, נרדם בשמירה, נרדם על משמרתו, and שינה מתוקה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ליל שמורים of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.