Lexical Definition

‎לֵוִי‎ Lêvîy (lay-vee') Levite ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎לִוְיָה‎

Levite.

• § Levite = see Levi "joined to"
• {something attached, i.e. a wreath}

1) the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah
1a) the tribe descended from Levi specially set aside by God for His service

Extended Information

Aramaic of: לֵוִי

• A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.34
• son of: Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל) and Leah (לֵאָה)
• brother of: Reuben (רְאוּבֵן), Simeon (שִׁמְעוֹן), Judah (יְהוּדָה), Issachar (יִשָּׂשכָר), Zebulun (זְבוּלוּן) and Dinah (דִּינָה)
• half-brother of: Dan (דָּן), Naphtali (נַפְתָּלִי), Gad (גָּד), Asher (אָשֵׁר), Joseph (יוֹסֵף) and Benjamin (בִּנְיָמִין)
• father of: Gershon (גֵּרְשׁוֹן), Kohath (קְהָת), Merari (מְרָרִי) and Jochebed (יוֹכֶבֶד)
• Aramaic of le.vi (‎ל‎ֵ‎ו‎ִ‎י‎ "Levi" לֵוִי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎לֵוָי‎] name, of a people Levite (Biblical Hebrew ‎לִוֵי‎); — plural emphatic ‎לויא‎ Kt, ‎לְוָאֵי‎ Qr (K^{§§ 61, 6}); 52. d), Ezra 6:16; Ezra 6:18; Ezra 7:13; Ezra 7:24 (all + priests).

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