Levi (Biblical figure)
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Name (Hebrew)
לוי (דמות מקראית)
Name (Latin)
Levi (Biblical figure)
Other forms of name
Levi (Son of Jacob)
לוי (בן יעקב)
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q215512
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Levi, from The Twelve Sons of Jacob
Jacob de Gheyn II
, CC0
File:Levi (Francisco de Zurbarán).jpg
Francisco de Zurbarán
, Public domain
File:Levi by V.Osipov.jpg
Василий Осипов (Игнатьев) и другие, Public domain
File:The Phillip Medhurst Picture Torah 171. Simeon and Levi slay Hamor and Shechem. Genesis cap 34 vv 25-26. Hoet.jpg
Phillip Medhurst, CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikipedia description:
Levi ( 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. Certain religious and political functions were reserved for the Levites.
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