- לויה
- לְוִיָּה, לְיִיָּיהII or. לִוְיָה f. (לָוָה) 1) consort, wife. Yoma 54b top (ref. to וליות, 1 Kings 7:36), v. עָרָה II. 2) (v. next w.) the wailing womans company. Y.M. Kat. I, 80d top, (read:) לא תעורר אשה לְוִיָּיתָהּ … רבי נחמן … אמר לִיוְיָתָהּ a woman must not stir up her company for wailing during the festive week; R. N. read livyatha (with ref. to עורר לויתן Job 3:8; cmp. אִילַּוָּיוּתָא).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
