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Perhaps a compound of לִוְיָה(livyá, “garland, wreath”) + -תָּן(-tan, agentive suffix), meaning “the tortuous one”; in any case likely related to the root Hebrewלוה(“wind, turn, twist”). Likely also related to Ugaritic𐎍𐎚𐎐(ltn).
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