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title: לֵוָי — Levite · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: לֵוָי (lemma:לֵוָי), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: Levite. BDB 1906: gent. Levite. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לֵוָי

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«לֵוָי» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **Levite** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:לֵוָי · **BDB:** לֵוָי

### Glosses

the (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Levite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b5_5d5_5b8_5d9/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

gent. Levite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b5_5d5_5b8_5d9/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. gent. Levite (BH לֵוִי);—pl. emph. לויא Kt, לְוָאֵי Qr (K§§ 61, 6); 52. d), Ezr 6:16, 18; 7:13, 24 (all + priests).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לֵוָי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b5_5d5_5b8_5d9/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.16/)

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וַעֲבַ֣דוּ בְנֵֽי־יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל כָּהֲנַיָּ֨א וְלֵוָיֵ֜א וּשְׁאָ֣ר בְּנֵי־גָלוּתָ֗א חֲנֻכַּ֛ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דְנָ֖ה בְּחֶדְוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.made the.people of.Israel the priests and the Levites and the.rest of.the.people of the.exile the.dedication of.the.house of.(the) God this with joy

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.

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[Ezra 6:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.18/)

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וַהֲקִ֨ימוּ כָהֲנַיָּ֜א בִּפְלֻגָּתְה֗וֹן וְלֵוָיֵא֙ בְּמַחְלְקָ֣תְה֔וֹן עַל־עֲבִידַ֥ת אֱלָהָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם כִּכְתָ֖ב סְפַ֥ר מֹשֶֽׁה׃פ

*Word for word:* and they.appointed the priests in divisions their and the Levites in classes their over the.service of.(the) God which \[is\].in Jerusalem according to.the.writing of.the.book of.Moses

*JPS 1917:* And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

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