Levi

Eigenname

1. 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. 2

   historischOne 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. 3

   A male given name from Hebrew.

4. 4

   A Jewish surname from Hebrew.

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