לוי
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| ל־ו־ה (l-w-h) |
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly transliterated from לוי (yillaweh, “he will join”), or possibly loaned from Minaean [script needed] (lawi'u, “priest”).[1][2] More at Levi.
Proper noun
לֵוִי • (leví) m
- a male given name, Levi or Levy
- a surname
Noun
לֵוִי • (leví) m (plural indefinite לוויים / לְוִיִּים)
- Levite
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- 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.
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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.