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Levi is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin. It is the name of the biblical figure Levi ( Hebrew : לֵוִי, Levī ), son of Jacob and founder of the Israelite tribe of Levi . The name is derived from the Hebrew verb לוה (" Lava "), meaning "to join" or "connect".
Levi (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ / LEE-vy; Hebrew: לֵוִי, Modern: Levī, Tiberian: Lēwī) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron, Moses and Miriam. [3]
The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname Halevi, which consists of the Hebrew definite article " ה" Ha-('the') plus Levi ('Levite'), is not conclusive regarding being a Levite; a titular use of HaLevi indicates being a Levite. The daughter of a Levite is a Bat Levi (Bat being Hebrew for 'daughter').
Levi or Lévi is a Jewish surname. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew word לוי.Another spelling of the name is Levy (or Lévy). According to Jewish tradition, people with the surname have patrilineal descent from the Levites of the Bible.
According to the Bible, the Tribe of Levi is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Levi, son of Jacob. The descendants of Aaron , who was the first High Priest of Israel , were designated as the priestly class , the Kohanim .
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It is a transliteration of the Hebrew לוי meaning "joining". Another spelling of the surname—among multiple other spellings—is Levi or Lévi . The surname usually refers to a family claiming Levite descent (from the Israelite tribe of Levi), which implies a specific social status in the structure of a traditional Jewish community.