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# lev

noun (a lev, leva) — Bulgarian money; Ukrainian and Russian word in Latin letters

«lev» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (money) The money of Bulgaria; one lev is divided into 100 stotinki. Plural: leva. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lev/#m1)
2. (Ukrainian, Russian «лев») The word for «lion»; it sounds like «lev» to an English ear. It is not an English word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lev/#m2)
3. (a name) Lev is a man's first name, as in the Russian writer Lev (Leo) Tolstoy, and a Hebrew name meaning «heart». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lev/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths and geography lessons about money around the world, the Bulgarian lev appears in exchange-rate problems. In stories from Eastern Europe, Lev is a common name. Phrases: Bulgarian lev.

### Examples

- The lev is the money of Bulgaria. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lev/#x1)
- The ice cream cost three leva. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lev/#x2)
- One lev is 100 stotinki. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lev/#x3)
- Lev Tolstoy wrote very long novels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lev/#x4)
- «Lev» means «lion» in Ukrainian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lev/#x5)
- In our maths problem, we changed pounds into Bulgarian leva. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lev/#x6)

### Note

Plural of the money: leva. Pronounced LEV. «Lev» as a word for lion is Ukrainian/Russian, not English. Do not confuse with «level» or «leave». Bulgaria decided to replace the lev with the euro.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Lev means heart in Hebrew, and its numerical value is thirty-two, matching the thirty-two paths of wisdom in Sefer Yetzirah. In the primary lessons: In maths and geography lessons about money around the world, the Bulgarian lev appears in exchange-rate problems. In stories from Eastern Europe, Lev is a common name. Phrases: Bulgarian lev.

### Examples

- In the Bahir, the Thirty-Two Ways are associated with the gematria value of לֵב lev ‘heart’ (\[Bahir 63\], \[Bahir 95\] inter alia cf. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lev/#x1)

### Note

Plural of the money: leva. Pronounced LEV. «Lev» as a word for lion is Ukrainian/Russian, not English. Do not confuse with «level» or «leave». Bulgaria decided to replace the lev with the euro.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lev» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lev/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «lev» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lev/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lev» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lev.html) on Mova free.