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Hebrew
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly transliterated from לוי (yillaweh, “he will join”), or possibly loaned from Minaean 𐩡𐩥𐩱 (lawiʾu, “priest”).[1][2] More at Levi.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
לֵוִי • (leví) m
- (biblical) Levi (the third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah)
- a male given name, Levi or Levy
- a surname
Noun
לֵוִי • (leví) m (plural indefinite לוויים / לְוִיִּים)
- Levite
Tanach, Exodus 4:14, with translation of the King James Version:הֲלֹא אַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ הַלֵּוִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי דַבֵּר יְדַבֵּר הוּא- haló aharón achícha haleví yadá'ti kí dabér y'dabér hú
- Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well.
Descendants
References
- ^ Levi, Tribe of", in the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia
- ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Levy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 430.