לִוִיָּה, לְוִיָּיה I f. (לֵוִי) 1) Levite, daughter or wife of a Levite. Y. Yeb. X, 10ᵈ top; Tosef. ib. VIII, 2. Bekh. 47ᵃ; a. fr. —2) the community of Levites, status of Levites. Ex. R. s. 1 בתי כהונה ול׳ priestly and Levite families. Y. Maas. Sh. V, end, 56ᵈ מכרי כהונה ול׳ friends of priestly or Levite families. Bekh. l. c. כהונה ול׳ פטורין the priests and the Levites are exempt; a. e. —3) the community of the attendants of the Tabernacle, priests and Levites. Sifré Num. 1; a. e. —4) the Levitical offices. Ex. R. s. 5 זה נוטל כהונה ונותן ל׳ וכ׳ the one (Aaron) took the priesthood and gave (Moses) the Levite offices; the other took the Levite offices &c.; (Tanḥ. Sh’moth 27 מלכות); a. e.