لاویان
Sign in to saveLevites ( ; ) or Levi are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname Halevi, which consists of the Hebrew definite article "" Ha- ('the') plus Levi ('Levite'), is not conclusive regarding being a Levite; a titular use of HaLevi indicates being a Levite. The daughter of a Levite is a (Bat being Hebrew for 'daughter').
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It is catalogued under topics including Book of Numbers people, Hebrew Bible words and phrases and Jewish ethnic groups.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Levites
- Ethnic group.native_name
- לויים
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- he
- Ethnic group.population
- ~500,000–600,000 worldwide
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 240,000
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 200,000
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 16,000
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 12,000
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 3,000
- Ethnic group.languages
- Vernacular:Hebrew, English and numerous other languages in the Jewish diaspora Historical:Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic
- Ethnic group.religions
- Judaism, Samaritanism
- Ethnic group.related
- other Jews, Samaritans
- Ethnic group.footnotes
- Total percentage of Levites among Jews is about 4%.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- Jewish people
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- topic's main category
- Category:Levites
- Commons category
- Levites
- ethnic group
- Tribe of Levi
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