Levi en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈliː.vaɪ/ (UK, US)
Etymology
Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (lēwî), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Lewi.
Meanings
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The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
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.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 35:22b-26:
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(historical) One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, supposedly descended from Levi, the tribe from which priests were selected.
But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 13:33:
- A male given name from Hebrew.
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A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz.
1988 December 19, William Styron, “Why Primo Levi Need Not Have Died”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levy | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Levite · levidrome · Levi-Civita symbol · Levi-Civita field · Levitical · Leviticus
Relateds
Levin · Levite · Levine · Lewi · Levinson · Levison
Translations (42)
et Leevi (third son of Jacob) · mi Rewi (male given name) · ja レビ (third son of Jacob) · nv Líívai (third son of Jacob) · fi Leevi (third son of Jacob) · es Leví (third son of Jacob) · la Levi (third son of Jacob) · grc Λευΐ (one of the Israelite tribes) · ar لاوي (male given name) · he לֵוִי (third son of Jacob) · cmn 利未 (third son of Jacob) · fi Leevi (male given name) · grc Λευΐς (third son of Jacob) · chr ᎵᏫ (third son of Jacob) · fr Lévi (third son of Jacob) · ca Leví (third son of Jacob) · de Levi (third son of Jacob) · kk Леуі (third son of Jacob) · he לֵוִי (male given name) · gu લેવી (third son of Jacob) · hi लीवाई (male given name) · da Levi (third son of Jacob) · cmn 肋未 (third son of Jacob) · hi लेवी (one of the Israelite tribes) · pl Lewi (one of the Israelite tribes) · el Λευί (third son of Jacob) · grc Λευΐ (third son of Jacob) · pl Lewi (male given name) · gd Lèbhi (third son of Jacob) · ko 레위 (third son of Jacob) · grc Λευΐς (one of the Israelite tribes) · ru Леви́ (third son of Jacob) · ga Léiví (third son of Jacob) · no Levi (third son of Jacob) · ru Леви́й (third son of Jacob) · haw Lewi (third son of Jacob) · pl Lewi (third son of Jacob) · sv Levi (third son of Jacob) · hi लेवी (third son of Jacob) · ar لَاوِي (third son of Jacob) · ms Lewi (third son of Jacob) · pt Levi (third son of Jacob)