Levi

Definitions

1. The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
2. One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, supposedly descended from Levi, the tribe from which priests were selected.
   historical
3. A male given name from Hebrew.
4. A Jewish surname from Hebrew.

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Examples

“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.”

“But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.”

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

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