Burn the midnight oil in Hebrew is לַיְלָה לָבָן (láyla laván).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
לַיְלָה לָבָן
láyla laván
verb · masculine
In English
burn the midnight oil
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for burn the midnight oil as a verb.
work through the night
- לַיְלָה לָבָןלילה לבןláyla lavánmasculinepluralIn the Hebrew dictionary
This is more about the Hebrew word לַיְלָה לָבָן.
- Written with vowel points
- לַיְלָה לָבָן
- Written without vowel points
- לילה לבן
- Said
- láyla laván
- Plural
- לילות לבנים
- Its meanings in English
- burn the midnight oil, A night during which a person or group of people does not sleep
The Hebrew dictionary's page for לילה לבן, with its synonyms and rhymes
These words come before and after burn the midnight oil in the list.
These are the questions people ask about burn the midnight oil in Hebrew.
How do you say burn the midnight oil in Hebrew?
burn the midnight oil in Hebrew is לַיְלָה לָבָן, said láyla laván. Without vowel points it is written לילה לבן. Its plural is לילות לבנים.
What else does לילה לבן mean in English?
Besides burn the midnight oil, לילה לבן can mean A night during which a person or group of people does not sleep.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry burn the midnight oil and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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