le.le.ya denotes the nighttime setting, especially for Daniel’s visions, and once for an event occurring that same night.

The attested use most often places Daniel’s visions in a nighttime setting; it also marks the particular night on which Belshazzar was killed.

1. Nighttime setting of visions · dominant

   In Daniel 2:19, the determined masculine singular noun occurs in the clause where the mystery is revealed to Daniel in a vision; the APB renders this as “a vision of the night.” In Daniel 7:2, Daniel 7:7, and Daniel 7:13, it likewise accompanies Daniel’s seeing in visions, as the APB renders “my vision with the night” or “the visions of the night.”

   Daniel 2:19Daniel 7:2Daniel 7:7Daniel 7:13
2. The night of an event · rare

   In Daniel 5:30, the determined masculine singular noun marks the time of Belshazzar’s death; the APB renders the clause, “That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was killed.”

   Daniel 5:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “night” in each verse, phrasing the vision contexts as “vision(s) of the night” and the historical event as “That very night.” These renderings show the clauses’ presentation rather than a precise token-by-token equivalence.