לָ/ל֔וּן
𐤋/𐤋𐤅𐤍
lûwn
to spend the night
To lodge, spend the night, or remain temporarily in a place; by extension, to stay, abide, dwell, or continue in a given state or location, sometimes with an emphasis on temporary or overnight residence. In some contexts, especially in Piel or intensive forms, it carries the sense of persisting in speech, often with the nuance of complaining or murmuring. The primary sense remains focused on pausing, halting one’s journey, or residing overnight.
kolóna "to pass the night, to sleep over" (Chilubà (Luba-Kasaï)) · lona "to sleep over, to stay the night" (Lala) · lona "to spend the night, sleep over (at a place)" (Lamba) +1 moreJudges 19:10 · Word #4
Lexicon H3885
| Lemma | לוּן |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤋𐤅𐤍 |
| Transliteration | lûwn |
| Strong's | H3885 |
| Definition | To lodge, spend the night, or remain temporarily in a place; by extension, to stay, abide, dwell, or continue in a given state or location, sometimes with an emphasis on temporary or overnight residence. In some contexts, especially in Piel or intensive forms, it carries the sense of persisting in speech, often with the nuance of complaining or murmuring. The primary sense remains focused on pausing, halting one’s journey, or residing overnight. |
Morphology HR/Vqc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...") |
Common Translation
| Phrase | to spend the night |
SIBI-P1 Translation H3885-04
to lodge overnight
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Qal stem, infinitive construct; expresses the verbal idea in its basic active form. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal stem preserves the root’s primary sense of halting a journey to stay for the night. As an infinitive construct, it is rendered as a simple verbal phrase, maintaining the core idea of temporary lodging without contextual expansion. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
to stay overnight
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Standardized from "to spend the night". |
Bantu Hebrew
לָ/ל֔וּן (lûwn) — To lodge, spend the night, or remain temporarily in a place; by extension, to stay, abide, dwell, or continue in a given state or location, sometimes with an emphasis on temporary or overnight residence. In some contexts, especially in Piel or intensive forms, it carries the sense of persisting in speech, often with the nuance of complaining or murmuring. The primary sense remains focused on pausing, halting one’s journey, or residing overnight.
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| kolóna | to pass the night, to sleep over | Chilubà (Luba-Kasaï) |
| lona | to sleep over, to stay the night | Lala |
| lona | to spend the night, sleep over (at a place) | Lamba |
| lona | to sleep, to spend the night | Bemba |