לוי

Hebrew

Root
ל־ו־ה (l-w-h)

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly transliterated from לוי (yillaweh, “he will join”), or possibly loaned from Minaean 𐩡𐩥𐩱 (lawiʾu, “priest”).^[1]^[2] More at Levi.

Pronunciation

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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

→ English: Levi, Levy
→ French: Lévi
→ German: Levi
→ Polish: Lewi
- → English: Lewi
→ Russian: Леви (Levi), Левии (Levii), Левин (Levin)
- → English: Levin
- → French: Levine
  - → English: Levine

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.

[1] Levi, Tribe of", in the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia

[2] Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Levy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 430.

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