- לִיוְ׳
- לִוְיָתָן, לִיוְ׳m. (b. h.) Leviathan, a legendary sea-animal reserved, with Bhemoth, for the righteous in the hereafter. Lev. R. s. 13, v. בְּהֵמוֹת. Ib. s. 22, end. Ab. Zar.3b; a. fr.M. Kat. 25b (in a wailing song) ל׳ a great man, opp. דגי רקק the fish of the swamp, common humanity (v. אֵזוֹב).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
