levi

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈliː.vaɪ/(UK)

Definition of levi

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

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.”

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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.”
(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.”
A male given name from Hebrew.
A Jewish surname from Hebrew.

“Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz.”

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Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (lēwî), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Lewi.

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