לוי

Hebrew edit

Root
ל־ו־ה (l-w-h)

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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Proper noun edit

לֵוִי • (leví) m

a male given name, Levi or Levy
a surname

Noun edit

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 edit

→ English: Levi, Levin; Levine; Levy; Lewi

References edit

^ Levi, Tribe of", in the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia
^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Levy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 430.

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