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1 Samuel 6:15

“And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth–shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the Lord.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

לֵוִיִּיLêvîyîy · lay-vee-ee'
H3881 · Hebrew
Definition
a Levite or descendant of Levi
Derivation
or לֵוִי; patronymically from H3878 (לֵוִי);
KJV renderings
Leviite.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • הַ — particle (definite article)
  • לְוִיִּ֞ם — gentilic noun, masculine, plural, absolute
Code HC/Td/Ngmpa
Usage
Occurs 286 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 4:14Exodus 6:25Exodus 38:21Leviticus 25:32Leviticus 25:32

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לֵוִיִּי here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.