Levi

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Levi is a biblical patriarch, one of the twelve sons of Jacob and ancestor of the Israelite tribe of Levi, traditionally associated with priestly duties.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Levi canonical 58
Leviʿ 1
levi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical patriarch
eponymous ancestor
human
son of Jacob
appearsIn Genesis 29
Genesis 34
Genesis 49
associatedWith Aaronic priesthood
surface form: Levitical priesthood
associatedWithRole Levitical service
priestly duties
birthOrderAmongSonsOfJacob third
coActorInBiblicalEvent Simeon
culturalSignificance origin of Levitical laws and priestly service
cursedBy Jacob
cursingContext Genesis 49
descendant Gershon
Kohath
Merari
father Jacob
gender male
givenName Levi self-link
languageOfName Hebrew
mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament

Torah
mother Leah
nameInHebrew לֵוִי
notableDescendant Aaron
Miriam
Moses
notableEvent violence at Shechem
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
sibling Asher
Benjamin
Dan
Gad
Issachar
Joseph
Judah son of Jacob
surface form: Judah

Naphtali
Reuben
Simeon
Zebulun
tribalAncestorOf Tribe of Levi
tribeFunction priestly tribe of Israel
tribeNamedAfter Levi self-link

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Izhar grandsonOf Levi
Aaronites hasAncestor Levi
Gershon father Levi
Genesis 49 mentions Levi
Phinehas ancestor Levi
Binyamin siblingOf Levi