לִוְיָתָן
liv.ya.tan
- Leviathan
- serpent
- dragon
STEPBible TBESH
Glosses: Leviathan
a sea monster, dragon
1a) large aquatic animal such as crocodile
1b) perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown,
1c) a mythical or proverbial creature
BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Glosses: serpent; dragon; leviathan
Root √לוה: לוה Arabic lamû turn, twist, wind surround, encircle (√ of foll.; cf. Ar.; As. ; Dl HWB 368 Jen ZMG xliii (1889), 201).
לִוְיָתָן n.m serpent dragon leviathan . poet. and rare