"לוי" meaning in Hebrew

See לוי in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-לוי.wav Forms: לֵוִי [canonical], leví [romanization]
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly transliterated from לוי (yillaweh, “he will join”), or possibly loaned from Minaean 𐩡𐩥𐩱 (lawiʾu, “priest”). More at Levi. Etymology templates: {{unc|he}} Uncertain, {{bor|he|inm|𐩡𐩥𐩱|t=priest|tr=lawiʾu}} Minaean 𐩡𐩥𐩱 (lawiʾu, “priest”) Head templates: {{he-proper noun|g=m|tr=leví|wv=לֵוִי}} לֵוִי • (leví) m
  1. (biblical) Levi (the third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah) Categories (topical): Biblical characters
    Sense id: en-לוי-he-name-CQWSFRhi Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
  2. a male given name, Levi or Levy Categories (topical): Hebrew given names, Hebrew male given names
    Sense id: en-לוי-he-name-ovSkGOT8 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 20 46 12 22 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 20 52 8 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 55 18 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 66 15 5
  3. a surname
    Sense id: en-לוי-he-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Hebrew surnames

Noun

Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-לוי.wav Forms: לֵוִי [canonical], leví [romanization], לוויים [indefinite, plural], לְוִיִּים [indefinite, plural]
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly transliterated from לוי (yillaweh, “he will join”), or possibly loaned from Minaean 𐩡𐩥𐩱 (lawiʾu, “priest”). More at Levi. Etymology templates: {{unc|he}} Uncertain, {{bor|he|inm|𐩡𐩥𐩱|t=priest|tr=lawiʾu}} Minaean 𐩡𐩥𐩱 (lawiʾu, “priest”) Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|pl=לוויים|pldwv=לְוִיִּים|tr=leví|wv=לֵוִי}} לֵוִי • (leví) m (plural indefinite לוויים / לְוִיִּים)
  1. Levite
    Sense id: en-לוי-he-noun-NazeDDRa
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          "english": "Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0204#ד_יד|4:14]], with translation of the King James Version:",
          "roman": "haló aharón achícha haleví yadá'ti kí dabér y'dabér hú",
          "text": "הֲלֹא אַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ הַלֵּוִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי דַבֵּר יְדַבֵּר הוּא",
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    },
    {
      "form": "לְוִיִּים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "לוויים",
        "pldwv": "לְוִיִּים",
        "tr": "leví",
        "wv": "לֵוִי"
      },
      "expansion": "לֵוִי • (leví) m (plural indefinite לוויים / לְוִיִּים)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0204#ד_יד|4:14]], with translation of the King James Version:",
          "roman": "haló aharón achícha haleví yadá'ti kí dabér y'dabér hú",
          "text": "הֲלֹא אַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ הַלֵּוִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי דַבֵּר יְדַבֵּר הוּא",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Levite"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Levite",
          "Levite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-לוי.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bb/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%99.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%99.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "לוי"
}

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