מגדיאל . . . נראה ל׳ on the day when L. became king, R.
A. heard in a dream; To-day Magdiel became king (i. e.
the last but one King of Edom-Rome, v. Gen. XXXVI,
43); Yalk. ib. 140 לטינוס.
לוטם, v. לטופ.
לוטסאי, לטוסאי m. pl. (prob.) Arethusii, the in- habitants of Arethnsia between Epiphania and Emesa. (v. המ). Targ. Y. I Gen. X, 18; Targ. I Ohr. I, 16 (h. text ארידי).
לוטריא, v. לברטון.
לוטת, v. לטום.
לוי, לוה (b. h.) 1) to join, be connected, v. Piel, a. לויה. -- 2) (cmp. Sm. Ant. s. v. Nexum) to assume an obli- gation ; to borrow. Shebu. 41b; Keth. 88a; B. Bath. 6a האומר וכ׳ לויתי לא he who (being sued for a loan duly testiffed by witnesses) says, l have not contracted any loan', is con- sidered as admitting that he has not paid. Hull. 84a כגון אוכלין לווין אנו (delicate persons) like ourselves may buy food on credit. B. Mets. 72b וכ׳ שער על לווין אין (also לדין) you must not borrow money with the choice of re- paying in grain at the present price; (another defin., v. Rashi a.l.). Bets 15b עלי לוח make a loan on my (the Lord's) account; a... fr. -Esp. לווה, לוה debtor, opp.to מלוהreditor. Shebu. 47a מ׳ בחיי ל׳ מת if the debtor died before the creditor; a. fr. -- Pl. לווין. 1bb ל׳ ושני מלווין שני ttwo (dirf- erent) creditors and two debtors. Pi. לוה, לווה, לי׳ 1) to order an escort for protection, v. לויה. Tanh. Bal. 12; Num. R. s. 20 וכ׳ ענני להם ל׳ He appointed the clouds of gldry to escort them. Sot. 46b וכ׳ פרעה של׳. . . . . בשביל for the sake of the four steps which Pharaoh ordered his men to escort Abraham &c. -- 2) to escort, to walk a distance with a departing guest; to follow. Sabb. 119b וכ׳ לו מלוין מה״ש שני ttwo minister- lng angels escort man to his house on the Sabbath eve. Sot. . c. וכ׳ ומתלוה מלוה שאיננו כל whoever omits to escort a guest or (as a guest) declines an escort, is regarded as if he had shed blood; וכ׳ ליווהו שאילמלא for iff the men of Jericho had escorted Elisha &c. Koh. R. to V, 17 ומה וכ׳ מלוהו and what does escort him (to the grave)? Merits and good deeds; a. fr. Hithpa. התלוה, Nithpa. נתלוה ) to join the company df, to associate. Midr. Till. to Ps. CIV, 26 (play on לויתן, ib.) וכ׳ להיעשות עתיד עמהן שמתלוה מי כל whosoever joins them (the Romans) will be made sport of with them in future days. Ib. וכ׳ הקב״ה עתיד עמהן שמתלוה מי כל him who joins them (the scholars), the Lord will cause to rejoice with them &c.; Yalk. ib. 862. Gen. R. s. 63, end; Yalk. ib. 111 וכ׳ קלונו עמו שנתלוה the disgrace of starvation was made his companion. Tanh. Vayishl. 3 לו להתלוות to be his escort; a. fr. - 2) to be escorted, to acceptt escort. Sot. l. c., v. supra. Hif. הלוה 1) to escort. Ber. 18a הלוהו ואם if he does escort him (the dead). - 2) to lend. Ex. R. s. 31 מלוה ברבית lends on interest; ברבית שלא מ׳ without inter- est. Ib. וכ׳ ילוו שלא that they must not lend &c. Ib. ראו וכ׳ הארין הלוותה ומה . . . ואיני הלויתי כמה see how much I lend (to man,) without taking interest, and what the earth lends &c. B. Mets. V, 1 וכ׳ בחמשה סלע המלוה he who lends a Sela to get five Denars in return. Ib. 62b מנה הלויני lend me a Maneh. - B. Kam. 94b רבית מלוי (a. ברבית) those who lend on interest; B. Mets. 62a; a. fr. מלוה־ creditor, v. supra.
לוי, לוא ch. same, 1) to join, cling to. Targ. II Sam. XX, 2 (h. text דבק). -- 2) to join a caravan, travel with. - Hull. 7a בהדייהו דלווה טייעא ההוא an Arab that had. been travelling with them. -- 3) to escort, v. infra. Pa. לוי, לווי to escort. Targ. Y. II Gen. XXVIII, 12 דילוון (Y. Iלוון והינון). -Gen. R. s. 48, end לוי, v. אכל I. Tosef. Keth. VII, 6 דילוונך לוי (ed. Zuck. לוי,VVar. לך דילוין, read; דילוון) escort (the dead) that people may escort thee; Y. ib. VII, 31b bot. דילוון לווי (pot לוויי); Bab. ib. 72a דלווניח דלואי him who escorted, people will escort; a. e. Af. אלוי same. Targ. Gen. XII, 20. Ib. o. XVIII, 16 לאלוואיהון ed. Bed. (some ed. לאלויותהון; Y. לאלואיהון; h. text לשלחם); a. e. -- Sot. 40b וכ׳ לר׳ אלויה walked with R. A. (on dismissing him) from &c.; Ber. 31a אלוייה; a. fr.
לוי, v. אלואי.
לוי, v. לווי.
לוי (b. h.) pr. n. Levi, 1) the son of Jacob, progenitor of the tribe of Levi. Gen. R. s. 19, a. e. וכ׳ ל׳ עמד Levi arose and brought her (the Shekhinah) down &c. Ex. R. s. 1; a. fr. - 2) ל׳ שבט, or ל׳ the tribe of Levi; ל׳ בן or ל׳ a Levite. Yoma 26a ל׳ משבט דאתי a descendant of the tribe of Levi. -- Hor. III, 8 וכ׳ ל׳ לל׳ קודם כהן a priest goes before a Levite (in religious privileges), a Levite before an Israelite. Gitt. V, 8. Ib. VIII, 5 ל׳ בת iff she is the daughter of a Levite. Arakh. IX, 8; a. fr. - Pl. לויים, לוים ALevites. Hull. I, 6; a. fr. - 3) name of several Amoraim, esp. Levi, or L. bar Sisi, disciple of R. Jehudah hanVasi (v. rr. M'bo, p. 110b). Y. Yeb. XII, 13a top. Pes. 76b; a. fr. - 44) (aw) a fictitious name. B. Bath. 43b; a. fr.
לויא, לואה, לי׳ m. ch. (preced.) Levite. Targ. O. Ex. IV, 14 (Y. ליואי, corr. acc.). -- Hull. 131a. -- Pl. לויא, לואי, לי׳. [Eara VI, 16.]- Targ. Ez. XLIV, 15; a. fr. --- Y. Maas. Sh. V, 56b bot.; a. e.
לויאנוס ל׳ בר pr. n.BarLivianus.name ofa family (gens). Hidl. 87a; cmp. לופייני.
לויה, לוייה I f. (לוי) 1) Levite, daughter or wife of a Lesile. Y. Yeb. X, 10a top; Tosef. ib. VIII, 2. Bekh. 47a; a. fr. -- 2) the community of Levites, status of Le. vites. Ex. R. s. 1 ול׳ כהונה בתי priestly and Levite families. Y. Maas. Sh. V, end, 56a ול׳ כהונה מכרי friends of priestly or Levite families. Bekh. l. c. פטורין ול׳ כהונה the priests and the Levites are exempt; a. e. --3) the community of the attendants of the lTabernacle, priests and Levites. Sifre . Num. 1; a. e. - 4) the Levitical offices. Ex. R. s. 5 נוטל זה וכ׳ ל׳ ונותן כהונה the one (Aaron) took the priesthood and gave (Moses) the Levite offices; the other took the Levite offices &c.; (Tanh. Sh'moth 27 מלכות); a. e.
