ܠܘܝܬܢ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hebrew לִוְיָתָן‎ (liwyāṯān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [lɛwjɑθɑn]

Proper noun

ܠܘܝܬܢ • (transliteration needed) m

  1. (biblical) Leviathan
  2. (figuratively) Devil

See also

References
  • “lwytn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 411a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 238a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 678b
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