Levi

Levi
לֵוִי
Levi, from the series Jacob and His Twelve Sons (c. 1640 – c. 1645), by Francisco de Zurbarán
Born	16 Nisan Paddan Aram
Died	1431, 1430 or 1429 BC (AM 2331 or AM 2332) (aged 137)[1]
Spouse	Adinah
Children	Gershon (son) Kehath (son) Merari (son)[2] Jochebed (daughter)
Parents	Jacob (father) Leah (mother)
Relatives	Reuben (brother) Simeon (brother) Judah (brother) Dan (half brother) Naphtali (half brother) Gad (half brother) Asher (half brother) Issachar (brother) Zebulun (brother) Dinah (sister) Joseph (half brother) Benjamin (half brother) Rachel (aunt/stepmother)

Levi (/ˈliːvaɪ/ LEE-vy; Hebrew: לֵוִי, Modern: Levī, Tiberian: Lēwī) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron, Moses and Miriam.^[3] Certain religious and political functions were reserved for the Levites.

Most scholars view the Torah as projecting the origins of the Levites into the past to explain their role as landless cultic functionaries.^[4]