לויתן

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Aramaic

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Etymology

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From Hebrew לִוְיָתָן (liwyāṯān).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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לויתן (transliteration neededm (uncountable)

  1. leviathan

Hebrew

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Etymology

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Compound of לִוְיָה (livyá, garland, wreath) +‎ -תָּן (-tan, agentive suffix), meaning “the tortuous one”.

Noun

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לווייתן / לִוְיָתָן (livyatánm (plural indefinite לווייתנים / לִוְיָתָנִים)

  1. defective spelling of לווייתן

Yiddish

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Noun

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לויתן (levyosnm

  1. Alternative spelling of לוויתן (levyosn)