לווייתן

Hebrew
לויתן

Etymology

Perhaps a compound of לִוְיָה‎ (livyá, “garland, wreath”) +‎ -תָּן‎ (-tan, agentive suffix), meaning “the tortuous one”; in any case likely related to the root Hebrew לוה‎ (“wind, turn, twist”). Likely also related to Ugaritic 𐎍𐎚𐎐 (ltn).

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Noun

לווייתן / לִוְיָתָן • (livyatán) m (plural indefinite לווייתנים / לִוְיָתָנִים‎)

  1. whale
  2. (biblical) leviathan, sea monster
  3. (colloquial) "big fish" (senior gangster)
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