{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3878",
  "lemma": "לֵוִי",
  "transliteration": "Lêvîy",
  "definition": "Levi, a son of Jacob",
  "kjv": "Levi. See also H3879 (לֵוִי), H3881 (לֵוִיִּי).",
  "occurrences": 58,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H3867",
      "lemma": "לָוָה",
      "transliteration": "lâvâh",
      "meaning": "to twine",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3867"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "לֵוִי n.pr.m. Levi"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 29:34",
      "text": "She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/29?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 34:25",
      "text": "On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/34?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 34:30",
      "text": "Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/34?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 35:23",
      "text": "The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 46:11",
      "text": "The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/46?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 49:5",
      "text": "“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 1:2",
      "text": "Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/1?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 2:1",
      "text": "A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/2?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 6:16",
      "text": "These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/6?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 6:19",
      "text": "The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/6?v=19"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3878",
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    "json": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3878.json"
  },
  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
  "license": "https://besorah.bible/data-licence.txt",
  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}