Psalm 16/Notes/Lexical.v. 7.94274

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  • "In poetry לֵילוֹת sometimes seems to mean parts of the night, nocturnal hours Is 21.8 (cf. LXX); Ct 3.1,8; Ps 16.7; 92.3; 134:1" (JM §136b). The Septuagint translates לֵילוֹת here as a singular, "night" (νυκτός), as do most modern translations (cf. NRSVue, NJPS, CEB, NEB, NIV, NLT, ESV).