לֵוִי (b. h.) pr. n. Levi, 1) the son of Jacob, progenitor of the tribe of Levi. Gen. R. s. 19, a. e. עמד ל׳ וכ׳ Levi arose and brought her (the Shekhinah) down &c. Ex. R. s. 1; a. fr. —2) שבט ל׳, or ל׳ the tribe of Levi; בן ל׳ or ל׳ a Levite. Yoma 26ᵃ דאתי משבט ל׳ a descendant of the tribe of Levi.—Hor. III, 8 כהן קודם לל׳ ל׳ וכ׳ a priest goes before a Levite (in religious privileges), a Levite before an Israelite. Gitt. V, 8. Ib. VIII, 5 בת ל׳ if she is the daughter of a Levite. Arakh. IX, 8; a. fr.—Pl. לְוִיִּים, לְוִיִּם Levites. Ḥull. I, 6; a. fr. —3) name of several Amoraim, esp. Levi, or L. bar Sisi, disciple of R. Jehudah han-Nasi (v. Fr. M’bo, p. 110ᵇ). Y. Yeb. XII, 13ᵃ top. Pes. 76ᵇ; a. fr. —4) (law) a fictitious name. B. Bath. 43ᵇ; a. fr.