Levi

name

Etymology: Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (lēwî), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Lewi.

1. The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

   “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.”

2. One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, supposedly descended from Levi, the tribe from which priests were selected.

   “But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.”

3. A male given name from Hebrew.
4. A Jewish surname from Hebrew.

   “Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz.”