Original Word: לִילִית Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: liyliyth Phonetic Spelling: (lee-leeth') Short Definition: owl
לִילִית noun feminineLilith (Milton Che night-hag), name of a female night-demon haunting desolate Edom; probably borrowed from Babylonian, Isaiah 34:14 (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian lilîtu, DlHWB 377; Syriac PS1951; on the development of legends of Lilith in later Judaism, see BuxLex. Talmud., under the word Cheon the passage GrünbaumZMG xxxi.1877, 250 f. — Connexion with לילה perhaps only apparent, a popular etymology).
Isaiah 34:14 BIB:שָׁם֙ הִרְגִּ֣יעָה לִּילִ֔ית וּמָצְאָ֥ה לָ֖הּ NAS: Yes, the night monster will settle KJV: to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest INT: there will settle the night and will find A resting