Halevi

Halevi (the Levite or of Levi) may refer to:

  • A Jewish male descended patrilineally from the tribe of Levi,[1] and his full name may be written as (personal name) HaLevi (family name). The prefix "ה" (HAY), in the Hebrew language, means the. "HaLevi" means THE Levite.
  • Someone whose family name is Halevi

As a title

Some more examples of having the title HaLevi, but not in their last name are:

As a family name

Some people whose family name is Halevi are:

gollark: I do maths/further maths, so we're doing stuff like... inverse functions, I think? Or were when it was the term.
gollark: Well, A-level computer science is basically worthless.
gollark: It *also* works as a socially acceptable way to not do full-time job-y work for a few years, so you *can* learn things™.
gollark: But I expect you can at least get a decent overview of the bits you like most.
gollark: I mean, to be fair, it's likely quite hard to self-teach 3 years of full time stuff.

References
  1. "Medical Definition of Levite". Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  2. per HaLevi in: Or Yechezkel : Rav Yechezkel HaLevi Levenstein (7 Vol.). Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  3. per HaLevi in: "HaRav Chaim Yisroel HaLevi Belsky, Zatsal: Recorded, Remembered". Retrieved 2017-02-19.
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