The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

lywy adj. Levite

Syr ܠܘܝܐ

1 Levite BA^Ezra, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. Ezra6:16 : בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל כָּהֲנַיָּא וְלֵוָיֵא וּשְאָר בְּנֵי־גָלוּתָא the Israelites, the priests and Levits and the rest of the exiles. BT Ḥul 106b(10) : ר׳ מיאשא בריה דר׳ יהושע בן לוי והוא ליואי PN who is a Levite.

2 pl. det. : Leviticus CPA.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 281b; DJBA: 624b; Jastrow: 697; Payne-Smith: ~1936; J. Payne-Smith: 237; DCPA[Schulthess]: 199[101];

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Derivatives:

lywyw, lywywtˀ n.f. status of levite