"לווייתן" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-לווייתן.wav Forms: לִוְיָתָן [canonical], livyatán [romanization], לווייתנים [indefinite, plural], לִוְיָתָנִים [indefinite, plural]
Etymology: Perhaps a compound of לִוְיָה (livyá, “garland, wreath”) + -תָּן (-tan, agentive suffix), meaning “the tortuous one”; in any case likely related to the root Hebrew לוה (“wind, turn, twist”). Likely also related to Ugaritic 𐎍𐎚𐎐 (ltn). Etymology templates: {{com|he|לִוְיָה|-תָּן|pos2=agentive suffix|t1=garland, wreath|tr1=livyá|tr2=-tan}} לִוְיָה (livyá, “garland, wreath”) + -תָּן (-tan, agentive suffix), {{noncog|he|לוה||wind, turn, twist}} Hebrew לוה (“wind, turn, twist”), {{cog|uga|𐎍𐎚𐎐}} Ugaritic 𐎍𐎚𐎐 (ltn) Head templates: {{he-noun|dwv=לִוְיָתָן|g=m|pl=לווייתנים|pldwv=לִוְיָתָנִים|tr=livyatán}} לווייתן / לִוְיָתָן • (livyatán) m (plural indefinite לווייתנים / לִוְיָתָנִים)
  1. whale
    Sense id: en-לווייתן-he-noun-pdKuKG0N
  2. (biblical, mythology) leviathan Categories (topical): Bible, Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-לווייתן-he-noun-eYZlQoNP Topics: biblical, human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, religion, sciences
  3. (colloquial) "big fish" (senior gangster) Tags: colloquial Categories (lifeform): Cetaceans
    Sense id: en-לווייתן-he-noun-oQT9xA9w Disambiguation of Cetaceans: 13 6 81 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew entries with topic categories using raw markup, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 0 11 89 Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 18 81 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 1 17 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 7 92

Alternative forms

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