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Etymology
Derived from the Latin Līber Lēvīticus which is from the Ancient Greek το Λευιτικόν (to Leuitikón), "of the Levites ". In Jewish writings it is customary to cite the book by its first word, וַיִּקְרָא (Vayikrá, “and he called”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ləˈvɪtɪkəs/
- Hyphenation: Le‧vi‧ti‧cus
Proper noun
Leviticus
- The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) Lev.
Related terms
Translations
the book of the Bible and Torah
- Afrikaans: Levitikus (af)
- Albanian: Levitiku
- Arabic: سِفْر اللَّاوِيِّين m (sifr al-lāwiyyīn)
- Aramaic: ܣܦܪܐ ܕܟܗܢܐ m (Sefro Afremoyo)
- Armenian: Ղևտական (Ġewtakan)
- Asturian: Levíticu (ast)
- Basque: Lebitarrena (eu)
- Bengali: লেবীয় পুস্তক (lebiẏo pustok)
- Breton: Leviegezh (br) m
- Bulgarian: Леви́т m (Levít)
- Burmese: ဝတ်ပြုရာကျမ်း (watpru.ra-kyam:)
- Catalan: Levític m
- Cebuano: Lebitiko
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 利未記／利未记 (lei6 mei6 gei3), 肋未紀／肋未纪 (lak6 mei6 gei2) (Catholic)
- Eastern Min: 利未記／利未记 (Lé-ê-gé)
- Hakka: 利未記／利未记 (Li-vi-ki)
- Hokkien: 利未記／利未记 (Lī-bī-kì), 肋未紀／肋未纪 (Le̍k-bī-kí) (Catholic)
- Mandarin: 利未記／利未记 (zh) (Lìwèijì), 肋未紀／肋未纪 (zh) (Lèwèijì) (Catholic)
- Corsican: Leviticu (co)
- Czech: Leviticus (cs)
- Danish: Tredje Mosebog (da)
- Dutch: Leviticus (nl)
- Esperanto: Levidoj
- Estonian: 3. Moosese raamat (et)
- Faroese: Triðja Mósebók (fo) m
- Finnish: 3. Mooseksen kirja
- French: Lévitique (fr)
- Georgian: წიგნი ლევიტელთა (ka) (c̣igni leviṭelta)
- German: Levitikus (de)
- Greek: Λευϊτικό (el) n (Levïtikó)
- Ancient: Λευϊτικόν n (Leuïtikón)
- Greenlandic: 3 Mosesi (kl)
- Hawaiian: ʻOihana Kahuna
- Hebrew: וַיִּקְרָא (he) (Vayikrá)
- Hindi: लैव्यव्यवस्था (laivyavyavasthā)
- Hungarian: Mózes harmadik könyve (hu)
- Icelandic: Þriðja Mósebók m
- Ido: Levitiko (io)
- Indonesian: Kitab Imamat, Imamat
- Irish: Leabhar Léivític m, Léivític (ga) m
- Italian: Levitico (it) m
- Japanese: レビ記 (レビき, rebiki)
- Kazakh: Леуіліктер (Leuılıkter)
- Korean: 레위기 (rewigi)
- Latin: Leviticus (la)
- Latvian: Trešā Mozus grāmata (lv) f, Levitu grāmata f
- Limburgish: Leviticus
- Lithuanian: Kunigų knyga (lt) f
- Malayalam: ലേവ്യർ (lēvyaṟ)
- Maltese: Ktieb il-Levitku (mt)
- Manx: Leviticus (gv)
- Maori: Rewitikuha (mi)
- Norwegian: Tredje Mosebok (no)
- Odia: ଲେବୀୟ ପୁସ୍ତକ (lebiyô pustôkô)
- Persian: لاویان
- Polish: Księga Kapłańska f
- Portuguese: Levítico (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਅਹਬਾਰ (ahabār), احبار
- Romanian: Leviticul (ro)
- Russian: Леви́т (ru) m (Levít)
- Scots: Leviticus
- Scottish Gaelic: Lebhiticus (gd) m
- Slovak: Levitikus m
- Slovene: Levitik (sl)
- Spanish: Levítico (es)
- Swahili: Walawi (sw) class 2
- Swedish: Tredje Moseboken
- Tagalog: Talalibithan, Levitico (tl)
- Tamil: லேவியர் (lēviyar)
- Thai: เลวีนิติ
- Turkish: Levililer
- Urdu: احبار (aḥbār), کِتابِ احبار (kitāb-e aḥbār)
- Waray-Waray: Levetico
- Welsh: Lefiticus (cy) m
- West Frisian: Leviticus
- Western Panjabi: کتاب احبار (Kitab Ahbār)
- Yiddish: ויקרא m (vayikro)
- Zealandic: Leviticus
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch leviticus, from Latin Lēvīticus, from Koine Greek Λευιτικόν (Leuitikón).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ləˈvi.ti.kʏs/, /leːˈvi.ti.kʏs/
- Hyphenation: Le‧vi‧ti‧cus
Proper noun
Leviticus ?
- Leviticus (book of the Hebrew Bible)
