What word best captures the spirit of לִּילִית in Isaiah 34:14?

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Isaiah 34:14 in the Masoretic Text is the following:

גְשׁוּ צִיִּים אֶת-אִיִּים, וְשָׂעִיר עַל-רֵעֵהוּ יִקְרָא; אַךְ-שָׁם הִרְגִּיעָה לִּילִית, וּמָצְאָה לָהּ מָנוֹח

Here, לִּילִית is supposedly the only known mention of “lilith” in the Bible, but it gets translated to a variety of different things including things like screech owl or Lamia.

How should it be translated? Is there contextual or historical evidence to support one translation over another?