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Levi
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levi leví Leví levî Lévi
English
Etymology
Ultimately from en hbo לֵוִי lēwî, of uncertain origin. en Lewi.
Pronunciation
en /ˈliː.vaɪ/ US,UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Levi.wav Southern England
en Le vi
Proper noun
en Q215512en biblical character The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
Genesis 35 22b-26 Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
en historical One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, supposedly descended from Levi, the tribe from which priests were selected.
Joshua 13 33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
en male Hebrew.
en Jewish Hebrew.
en William Styron Why Primo Levi Need Not Have Died w:The New York Times 1988-12-19 https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/19/opinion/why-primo-levi-need-not-have-died.html 0362-4331 Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz. https://web.archive.org/web/20220829100350/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/19/opinion/why-primo-levi-need-not-have-died.html
Alternative forms
en Levy
Derived terms
en Levi-Civita field Levi-Civita symbol levidrome
Related terms
en Levin Levine Levinson Levison Levite Levitic Levitical Levitically Levitican Leviticus Lewi
Translations
third son of Jacob
Arabic: ar لَاوِي m
Catalan: ca Leví f
Cherokee: chr ᎵᏫ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 利未 Lìwèi, cmn 肋未 Lèiwèi
Danish: da Levi
Estonian: et Leevi
Finnish: fi Leevi
French: fr Lévi m
German: de Levi m
Greek: el Λευί m
Ancient Greek: grc Λευΐ m, grc Λευΐς m
Gujarati: gu લેવી m
Hawaiian: haw Lewi
Hebrew: he לֵוִי m leví
Hindi: hi लेवी m
Irish: ga Léiví m
Japanese: ja レビ Rebi
Kazakh: kk Леуі
Korean: ko ^레위
Latin: la Levi
Malay: ms Lewi
Navajo: nv Líívai
Norwegian: no Levi
Polish: pl Lewi m
Portuguese: pt Levi m
Russian: ru Леви́й m, ru Леви́ m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Lèbhi m
Spanish: es Leví m
Swedish: sv Levi
one of the Israelite tribes
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Λευΐ m, grc Λευΐς m
Hindi: hi लेवी m
Polish: pl Lewi m
male given name
Arabic: ar لاوي m lawi
Finnish: fi Leevi
Hebrew: he לֵוִי m leví
Hindi: hi लीवाई m
Māori: mi Rewi
Polish: pl Lewi m
See also
Levi
Anagrams
en eilv Viel evil live veil vile vlei
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun m
fo male
Usage notes
m Levisson Levisdóttir
Declension
Levi Levi Levi Levis
Hungarian
Etymology
proper noun hu Levente.
Pronunciation
hu Le vi
hu vi 2
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu male Levente
Declension
Levi eLevi je
Italian
it:
Etymology
From it he לֵוִי.
Pronunciation
Lèvi
Proper noun
m
it Biblical character en Levi
it male
Anagrams
it eilv live veli vile
Latin
Etymology
la Lēvī :bor hbo:לֵוִי<tr:Lēwī> + 1
Pronunciation
Lēvī
Proper noun
Lēvī<0> m
la male Hebrew, borne by one of the twelve sons of Jacob
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
pt biblical character en Levi third son of Jacob
pt male Levi