ל־ו־הل و ي
l-w-y “to join; to twist, coil” Genesis explains Levi with l-w-y 'to join', and Levi gave the Levites. Leviathan, liwyāṯān, is probably 'the coiling one' from l-w-y 'to twist' (compare Arabic lawā 'to bend' and Hebrew liwyāh 'wreath'). Whether 'join' and 'twist' are one root, and whether Levi really comes from it, is uncertain.
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Relatives outside the atlas Biblical Hebrew לָוָה lāwāh “to join, accompany” Biblical Hebrew לִוְיָה liwyāh “wreath, garland” Modern Hebrew לְוָיָה levaya “funeral, 'accompanying' the dead” Arabic لَوَى lawā “to twist, bend” Arabic لِوَاء liwāʾ “banner; brigade” Ugaritic 𐎍𐎚𐎐 ltn “Lotan, the coiling sea serpent (a cognate figure)”
Sources Lexodus atlas entries levi, levite, leviathan