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לוי, לָוָה(b. h.) 1) to join, be connected, v. Piel, a. לְוָיָה. 2) (cmp. Sm. Ant. s. v. Nexum) to assume an obligation; to borrow. Shebu.41b; Keth.88a; B. Bath.6a האומר לא לָוִיתִיוכ׳ he who (being sued for a loan duly testified by witnesses) says, ‘I have not contracted any loan, is considered as admitting that he has not paid. Ḥull.84a כגון אנו לוֹוִין אוכלין (delicate persons) like ourselves may buy food on credit. B. Mets.72b אין לוֹוִין על שערוכ׳ (also לֹוִין) you must not borrow money with the choice of repaying in grain at the present price; (another defin., v. Rashi a. l.). Bets 15b לְווּ עלי make a loan on my (the Lords) account; a. v. fr.Esp. לוֹוֶה, לֹוֶה debtor, opp. to מַלְוֶה creditor. Shebu.47a מת ל׳ בחיי מ׳ if the debtor died before the creditor; a. fr.Pl. לוֹוִין. Ib. b שני מלווין ושני ל׳ two (different) creditors and two debtors. Pi. לִוָּה, לִוָּוה, לִי׳ 1) to order an escort for protection, v. לְוָיָה. Tanḥ. Bal. 12; Num. R. s. 20 ל׳ להם ענניוכ׳ He appointed the clouds of glory to escort them. Sot.46b בשביל … של׳ פרעהוכ׳ for the sake of the four steps which Pharaoh ordered his men to escort Abraham 2) to escort, to walk a distance with a departing guest; to follow. Sabb.119b שנימה״ש מְלַוִּין לווכ׳ two ministering angels escort man to his house on the Sabbath eve. Sot. l. c. כל שאינו מְלַוֶּה ומִתְלַוֶּהוכ׳ whoever omits to escort a guest or (as a guest) declines an escort, is regarded as if he had shed blood; שאילמלא לִיוּוּהוּוכ׳ for if the men of Jericho had escorted Elisha Kob. R. to V, 17 ומה מְלַוֵּהוּוכ׳ and what does escort him (to the grave)? Merits and good deeds; a. fr. Hithpa. חִתְלַוֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְלַוֶּה 1) to join the company of, to associate. Midr. Till. to Ps. 104:26 (play on לויתן, ib.) כל מי שמִתְלַוֶּה עמהן עתיד להיעשותוכ׳ whosoever joins them (the Romans) will be made sport of with them in future days. Ib. כל מי שמתלוה עמהן עתידהקב״הוכ׳ him who joins them (the scholars), the Lord will cause to rejoice with them ; Yalk. ib. 862. Gen. R. s. 63, end; Yalk. ib. 111 שנתלוה עמו קלונווכ׳ the disgrace of starvation was made his companion. Tanḥ. Vayishl. 3 להִתְלַוּוֹת לו to be his escort; a. fr. 2) to be escorted, to accept escort. Sot. l. c., v. supra. Hif. הִלְוָה 1) to escort. Ber.18a ואם הִלְוָהוּ if he does escort him (the dead). 2) to lend. span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Ex. R. s. 31 מַלְוֶה ברבית lends oh interest; מ׳ שלא ברבית without interest. Ib. שלא יַלְווּוכ׳ that they must not lend Ib. ראו כמהִ הִלְוֵיתִי ואיני … ומה הִלְוְותָה הארץוכ׳ see how much I lend (to man,) without taking interest, and what the earth lends B. Mets.V, 1 המלוה סלע בחמשהוכ׳ he who lends a Sela to get five Denars in return. Ib. 62b הַלְוֵינִי מנה lend me a Maneh.B. Kam.94b מַלְיֵי רבית (a. ברבית) those who lend on interest; B. Mets.62a; a. fr.מַלְוֶה creditor, v. supra.