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Word Parsed:
וְלֵוָיֵא
Parts of Speech:Gentilic Noun Dual
Root:
לֵוָי + אָ
Strong's Number:H3878, H3879
Infinitive Definition:Levi = "joined to"
1. the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah and
   progenitor of tribe of Levites...
Levite = see Levi "joined to"
1. the descendants of Levi, the
   3rd son of Jacob...
Transliteration:


First occurrence in each book:


Ezra 6:16
וַעֲבַדוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל כָּהֲנַיָּא וְלֵוָיֵא וּשְׁאָר בְּנֵי־גָלוּתָא חֲנֻכַּת בֵּית־אֱלָהָא דְנָה בְּחֶדְוָֽה׃