Cf. itūlu ‘to lie down, to sleep’ (CAD U/W 344), Gt of niālu (Huehnergard 2002a:178-184). Derived from *layliy- with dissimilation (Kogan 2015: 297 n. 844).
“In the speech of our informants the main term for night is ḥte, whereas ľéľhe is restricted to the expression be-ľéľhe ‘during the night’, ‘in the night-time’” (Kogan 2015:514)