Lexical Definition

‎לִילִית‎ lîylîyth (lee-leeth') night-creature ^H:N-F
from ‎לַיִל‎

screech owl.

• a night spectre

1) "Lilith", name of a female goddess known as a night demon who haunts the desolate places of Edom
1a) might be a nocturnal animal that inhabits desolate places

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לִילִית‎ noun feminine Lilith (Milton Che night-hag), name of a female night-demon haunting desolate Edom; probably borrowed from Babylonian, Isa 34:14 (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian lilîtu, Dl^{HWB 377}; Syriac PS¹⁹⁵¹; 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.

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