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lēwī לֵוִי ‘Levi’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from lāwā לָוָה ‘to join / to borrow’
Roots: לוה

lēwī pr n m pers
Levi = "joined to"
1) the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah and progenitor of tribe of Levites

Mentioned in Genesis 34:25, 49:5, 29:34, 34:30, 35:23, 46:11 Exodus 2:1, 32:28, 32:26, 6:16, 6:19, 1:2 Numbers 17:18, 18:2, 16:1, 17:23, 18:21, 26:59, 16:10, 16:7, 16:8 Deuteronomy 33:8, 18:1, 31:9, 27:12, 21:5, 10:8 Joshua 21:10, 13:14, 13:33 1 Kings 12:31 Ezekiel 48:31, 40:46 Zechariah 12:13 Malachi 2:4, 2:8, 3:3 Psalms 135:20 Ezra 8:15, 8:18 Nehemiah 12:23, 10:40 1 Chronicles 23:24, 23:14, 2:1, 12:27, 21:6, 5:27, 6:1, 6:23, 6:28, 6:32, 9:18, 23:6, 24:20

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