לוּןlûwn

לוּן: lodge, pass the night, abide

Pronunciation: loon · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3885

Meanings

Qal

1. lodge, pass the night

a. literally, human subject (Genesis 19:2; Genesis 28:11; Judges 19:13)

b. of animals (Job 39:9; Zephaniah 2:14)

c. remain all night, inanimate subject = (Exodus 23:18; Exodus 34:25; Deuteronomy 16:4)

2. abide, remain (Job 17:2; Job 19:4; Job 41:14)

Hiph`il: cause to rest, lodge (2 Samuel 17:8)

Hithpalpel: dwell, abide (Job 39:28; Psalms 91:1)

לוּן: murmur

Niph`al: murmur (Exodus 15:24; Exodus 16:2; Numbers 14:36)

Hiph`il: cause to murmur, murmur = Niph`al (Numbers 14:29; Exodus 17:3; Exodus 16:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 84 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 19:2 “My lords,” he said, “come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.” “Oh no,” they replied. “We’ll just spend the night out here in the city square.”
  • Genesis 24:23 “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “And please tell me, would your father have any room to put us up for the night?”
  • Genesis 24:25 Yes, we have plenty of straw and feed for the camels, and we have room for guests.”
  • Genesis 24:54 Then they ate their meal, and the servant and the men with him stayed there overnight. But early the next morning, Abraham’s servant said, “Send me back to my master.”
  • Genesis 28:11 At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep.
  • Genesis 31:54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice to God there on the mountain and invited everyone to a covenant feast. After they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).