Hebrew · H3881

לֵוִיִּי

A Levite or descendant of Levi

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לֵוִיִּי H3881

Pronunciation lēwiyiy

What does לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy) mean in the Bible?

לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy): Member of Israel's priestly tribe, set apart for temple service and religious instruction within covenant community

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What does לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy) mean in the Bible?

לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy): Member of Israel's priestly tribe, set apart for temple service and religious instruction within covenant community

How does the BSB render H3881?

The BSB source-word alignment has 291 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the Levites (81), and Levites (30), And the Levites (23), of the Levites (21), Levites (16).

Where does לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 4:14. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Chronicles (65), Numbers (61), Nehemiah (43), 1 Chronicles (33).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

the Levites 81× Exodus 38:21, Leviticus 25:32, Leviticus 25:33, Numbers 1:50

and Levites 30× 1 Kings 8:4, 1 Chronicles 13:2, 1 Chronicles 15:14, 1 Chronicles 23:2

And the Levites 23× Numbers 8:12, Numbers 8:14, 1 Samuel 6:15, 1 Chronicles 15:4

of the Levites 21× Leviticus 25:32, Leviticus 25:33, Numbers 2:17, Numbers 3:20

Levites 16× Numbers 18:6, Deuteronomy 18:7, 1 Chronicles 6:48, 1 Chronicles 9:2

to the Levites 13× Numbers 8:24, Numbers 8:26, Numbers 18:24, Numbers 31:30

the Levite 7× Exodus 4:14, Deuteronomy 14:27, Deuteronomy 26:11, Judges 17:12

the Levitical 7× Deuteronomy 17:9, Deuteronomy 18:1, Deuteronomy 24:8, Joshua 8:33

a Levite 6× Deuteronomy 18:6, Judges 17:13, Judges 19:1, 1 Chronicles 9:31

Levite 6× Joshua 21:40, Judges 17:7, Judges 18:3, Judges 18:15

of Levi 6× Exodus 6:16, Numbers 3:6, Numbers 16:1, Deuteronomy 31:9

. . . 5× Numbers 35:2, Judges 17:11, 1 Chronicles 15:15, Ezra 8:15

and the Levite 4× Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14

for the Levites 4× Numbers 35:2, Nehemiah 12:47, Nehemiah 13:5, Nehemiah 13:10

So the Levites 4× Numbers 1:53, 1 Chronicles 15:17, 2 Chronicles 23:8, 2 Chronicles 35:14

of the Levitical 3× Deuteronomy 17:18, 1 Chronicles 15:12, 2 Chronicles 23:18

Then the Levites 3× 2 Chronicles 29:12, 2 Chronicles 29:16, Nehemiah 9:5

- 2× Numbers 8:20, 2 Chronicles 17:8

But the Levites 2× Numbers 1:53, Numbers 2:33

of Levite 2× 1 Chronicles 9:33, 1 Chronicles 9:34

So the Levite 2× Judges 17:10, Judges 20:4

The Levites, however 2× Numbers 1:47, 2 Chronicles 24:5

with the Levites 2× Numbers 8:20, Numbers 8:22

[Other] Levites 1× 2 Chronicles 34:12

[them] 1× Numbers 8:10

[they] 1× Numbers 8:15

[This is what] the Levite 1× Joshua 21:27

[to you] 1× Numbers 18:30

all Levites 1× Ezra 3:9

am a Levite 1× Judges 17:9

and of the Levites 1× Nehemiah 13:29

and the Levitical 1× Deuteronomy 27:9

and those Levites 1× 2 Chronicles 23:6

as did the Levites 1× 2 Chronicles 7:6

as the Levites 1× Ezekiel 48:11

as well as to the Levites 1× 2 Chronicles 31:17

belongs to the Levites 1× Nehemiah 10:37

But the Levitical 1× Ezekiel 44:15

by the Levites 1× Numbers 3:49

by the Levitical 1× Joshua 3:3

certain Levites 1× 2 Chronicles 17:8

For the Levites, then 1× Joshua 21:41

it to the Levite 1× Deuteronomy 26:12

Levi 1× Deuteronomy 10:9

Now their fellow Levites [were] 1× 1 Chronicles 26:20

O Levites 1× 2 Chronicles 29:5

of Levites 1× Numbers 3:39

of the Levite 1× Exodus 6:25

or Levites 1× 2 Chronicles 31:2

or the Levites 1× 2 Chronicles 8:15

So the Levitical 1× Ezekiel 48:22

Some of the Levites 1× 2 Chronicles 34:13

The Levites [were] 1× Nehemiah 12:8

The Levites: 1× Nehemiah 10:9

the Levites) were given 1× Joshua 21:34

their Levite 1× 2 Chronicles 29:34

Then the Levite 1× Deuteronomy 14:29

to the Levite 1× Deuteronomy 26:13

were Levites 1× 1 Chronicles 9:26

were the Levites 1× Numbers 26:57

when they 1× Nehemiah 10:38

who are Levites 1× Jeremiah 33:18

You are to have the Levites 1× Numbers 8:13

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A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Exodus 4:14

Aligned rows 291

Books represented 16

Exodus 4 Leviticus 4 Numbers 61 Deuteronomy 21 Joshua 14 Judges 10 1 Samuel 1 2 Samuel 1 1 Kings 1 1 Chronicles 33 2 Chronicles 65 Ezra 20 Nehemiah 43 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 3 Ezekiel 9

Source forms

הַלְוִיִּ֔ם 37x hal·wî·yim Exodus 38:21, Leviticus 25:32, Leviticus 25:33, Numbers 1:51

הַלְוִיִּ֖ם 17x hal·wî·yim Exodus 6:25, Numbers 2:17, Numbers 3:45, Numbers 8:10

הַלְוִיִּ֑ם 16x hal·wî·yim Numbers 1:51, Numbers 4:46, Joshua 21:40, 1 Chronicles 6:48

הַלְוִיִּ֗ם 15x hal·wî·yim Leviticus 25:33, Numbers 3:12, Numbers 3:45, Numbers 8:21

הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ 15x hal·wî·yim Numbers 3:12, Numbers 3:49, Numbers 4:18, Numbers 7:6

הַלְוִיִּם֙ 11x hal·wî·yim 1 Chronicles 15:27, 2 Chronicles 23:2, 2 Chronicles 29:26, 2 Chronicles 29:34

וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם 11x wə·hal·wî·yim 1 Chronicles 28:13, 1 Chronicles 28:21, 2 Chronicles 11:13, 2 Chronicles 30:25

לַלְוִיִּ֔ם 9x lal·wî·yim Numbers 8:20, Numbers 18:30, Numbers 31:30, Numbers 35:6

Parsing patterns

Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 146x Exodus 6:25, Exodus 38:21, Leviticus 25:32, Leviticus 25:33

Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 57x Numbers 1:47, Numbers 1:53, Numbers 2:33, Numbers 8:12

Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine plural 34x Leviticus 25:32, Numbers 8:20, Numbers 8:24, Numbers 8:26

Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 22x Exodus 4:14, Numbers 3:12, Numbers 3:20, Numbers 3:32

Noun - proper - masculine singular 10x Exodus 6:16, Numbers 3:6, Numbers 16:1, Deuteronomy 31:9

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine plural 9x Joshua 14:3, 1 Chronicles 15:11, 1 Chronicles 24:6, 1 Chronicles 24:31

Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 7x Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 14:27, Deuteronomy 16:11

Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 2x Deuteronomy 26:12, Deuteronomy 26:13

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Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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לֵוִיִּי

What does לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy) mean in the Bible?

What does לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H3881?

Where does לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy) appear in Scripture?

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