ܠܘܝܬܢ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܠܘܝܬܐܢ

Etymology

From Hebrew לִוְיָתָן (liwyāṯān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛwjɑθɑn]

Proper noun

ܠܘܝܬܢ • (transliteration needed) m

1. (biblical) Leviathan
2. (figuratively) Devil

See also

• ܩܐܛܐ

References

• “lwytn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 411a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 238a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 678b