לויה

לִוִיָּה, לְוִיָּיהI f. (לֵוִי) 1) Levite, daughter or wife of a Levite. Y.Yeb.X, 10d top; Tosef. ib. VIII, 2. Bekh.47a; a. fr. 2) the community of Levites, status of Levites. Ex. R. s. 1 בתי כהונה ול׳ priestly and Levite families. Y.Maas. Sh. V, end, 56d מכרי כהונה ול׳ friends of priestly or Levite families. Bekh. l. c. כהונה ול׳ פטורין the priests and the Levites are exempt; a. e. 3) the community of the attendants of the Tabernacle, priests and Levites. Sifré Num. 1; a. e. 4) the Levitical offices. Ex. R. s. 5 זה נוטל כהונה ונותן ל׳וכ׳ the one (Aaron) took the priesthood and gave (Moses) the Levite offices; the other took the Levite offices ; (Tanḥ. Shmoth 27 מלכות); a. e.