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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". [1] Levi may refer to: Levi Addison Ault, Canadian/American businessman
The Torah suggests that the name Levi refers to Leah's hope for Jacob to join with her, implying a derivation from Hebrew yillaweh, meaning he will join, but scholars suspect that it may simply mean "priest", either as a loanword or by referring to those people who were joined to the Ark of the Covenant.
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.
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 Torah, the tribe is named after Levi, one of the twelve sons of Jacob (also called Israel). Levi married a woman named Adinah—according to the Book of Jasher—and had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari (Genesis 46:11). Levi also had a daughter named Jochebed (Exodus 6:20).
Before Levi's became the most recognizable denim company in the world, Levi Strauss was the name of a Bavarian-born immigrant whose family emigrated to San Francisco in 1853, after the California ...
Halevi or Halevy (Hebrew: הלוי, lit. ' the Levi or the Levite ') may refer to: An Israelite man descended patrilineally from the tribe of Levi, [1] and his full name may be written as (personal name) HaLevi (family name).
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