לין I

לוּן, לִיןI (b. h.) to stay over night, to take (night-) lodging; to be kept over night. Num. R. s. 12, beg. (ref. to Ps. 91:1) שלָו שם לינות הרבה, v. לִינָה. Ib הקב״ה … נתאוה לָלוּן בצלינו the Lord … is desirous to lodge under our shade (Tabernacle). Snh.VI, 4 ואם לן but if his body was allowed to hang over night. Pes.42a מים שלָנוּ water which has been kept in vessels over night (misunderstood for ‘our water, v. בִּית). Ber.18b ולן בבית הקברות and stayed over night in the burial ground; a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 60, distinction between לָלִין, Gen. 24:23 and לָלוּן, ib. 25, v. לִינָה. Hif. הֵלִין to keep over night. B. Kam.99a עובר משום (לא) בל תָּלִין transgresses the law which says, (Lev. 19:13) ‘thou shalt not ; B. Mets. IX, 12 יש בו משום לא תליןוכ׳ the prohibition to keep the wages of the hired man over night applies to it; ib. 111b; a. fr.Esp. to leave a corpse unburied over night. Snh.VI, 5 כל המֵלִין אתוכ׳ whosoever postpones the burial of his dead transgresses a prohibitory law (ref. to Deut. 21:23 in its general application); הֵלִינוֹ לכבודווכ׳ but if one kept him over night for his honors sake (to prepare a more honorable burial) ; a. fr.v. הֲלָנָה. Hithpol. הִתְלוֹנֵן, Nithpol. נִתְלוֹנֵן to seek shelter; to take refuge. Num. R. l. c. (ref. to Ps. l. c.) (read:) שדי תִּתְלוֹנֵן בצל שעשה לךוכ׳ Almighty, be pleased to lodge in the shade which Bezaleel has made for thee. Yalk. Job 906 יש להם מנוס שיִתְלוֹנְנוּ מדינהוכ׳ have a place of refuge where to find shelter from the judgment of Gehenna; (Yalk. Jud. 41 שינצלו).