Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah. · One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, supposedly descended from Levi, the tribe from which priests were selected. · A male given name from Hebrew. · A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (lēwî), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Lewi.
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- Doublet mentionLewien
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