25:32
(×2),
33
(×2) (
H
),
Nu 1:47
;
2:33 Jos 14:
3,
4
;
21:3
,
4
,
8
,
20
,
27
,
34
,
38
,
39
(all
P
),
18:7
(
D
),
1 Ch 6:49
;
cf.
also
2 Ch 11:14
•
.
d.
set apart for service in tabern.,
Ex 38:21 Nu 1:5
0,
51
(×2),
53
(×2);
2:17
;
7:5
,
6
;
8:6
+
18 times
Nu 8
(all
P
),
cf.
1 Ch 6:33
;
16:4
; ministers to Aaron and his sons
Nu 3:9
;
8:19
;
18:6
(
P
); set apart for
י׳
(as redemption for first-born)
Nu 3:12
(×2) +
7 times
Nu 3
(
P
); with certain perquisites
Nu 18:24
,
26
,
30
+
9 times Nu (
P
).
2.
in Chr. the tribal idea is in the background, and thought of Levites as official class is prominent:
a.
disting. from priests
הַכּ׳ וְהַל׳
1 Ch 9:14
(
cf.
v
1
0),
13:2
;
15:4
,
11
,
14
;
23:2
;
24:6
,
31
+
67 times Chr.; also
Is 66:21
(according to
Vrss
., but
dub.
),
Ez 44:10
;
45:5
(
cf.
v
4),
48:11
,
12
,
13
,
22
.
b.
as porters,
1 Ch 9:26
;
26:17
,
cf.
34:
9; as in charge of music,
1 Ch 15:16
,
17
,
22 2 Ch 5:1
2;
29:25
,
30
;
34:12 Ne 12:2
7; yet disting. from porters and singers,
Ne 7:1
;
13:5
,
10
; disting. also from
נְתִינִים
1 Ch 9:2 Ezr 8:20 Ne 10:29
; further (with various official functions)
1 Ch 9:31
+
29 times Chr.; of groups of individuals,
2 Ch 17:8
(×2);
29:12
;
34:12 Ezr 2:40
=
Ne 7:4
3,
Ezr 8:33 Ne 3:17
;
9:5
;
10:10
;
12:8
, also
8:7
(om.
וְ
;
É
BeRy
Ryle).
c.
בְּנֵי־הַלְוִיִּם
1 Ch 15:15
(bearing ark),
24:30
(tribal designation).—See, on Levites, especially
Gf
Gesch. d. Stammes Levi
in
Me
Archiv i. 68 ff. 208 ff.
We
Prol. Cap. iv RS
OTJC
. 435 f., 2nd ed., 360 f.
Bau Priesterthum 50 f., 68 f., and often
•
[
לוּל
S
3883
TWOT
1094
GK
4294
]
n.
[
m.
]
shaft
or
enclosed space
(poss. in wall),
with steps or ladder
, only
pl.
לוּלִים
1 K 6:8
(
וּבְלוּלִים יַעֲלוּ
), on meaning
v. Sta
ZAW iii, 1883, 136 ff.
>
ÖÉ
winding-stair
,
cf.
Buh
l,
v. Sta
l.c. (
NH
לוּל
winding passage
or
stair
, or enclosed space in which is
a winding stair
, according to
Levy
NHW ii. 486, but
v. Sta
l.c..
√
dubious; hardly
לולו
infr.
)
לוּלֵא S 3884 TWOT 1085a GK 4295 , לוּלֵי v. sub לוּ .
לולו TWOT 1095 ( appar. secondary √ from III. לוה turn, twist, wind , whence following ) .
Vrss Old Versions. BeRy Bertheaus Comm., ed. by Ryssel. Gesch. Geschichte.
Me A. Merx. RS W. Robertson Smith, Old Testament in Jewish Church.
l.c. in loco citato. Levy Jacob Levy.
NHW Levy, Neuhebr. Wörterb .