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Strong's #5941 - עֵלִי

Transliteration
ʻÊlîy
Phonetics
ay-lee'
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H5927)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Masculine
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Eli = “ascension”

1) descendant of Aaron through Ithamar and high priest and judge of Israel when Samuel entered service as a child

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (33)
1 Samuel 32
1 Kings 1
NAS (33)
1 Samuel 32
1 Kings 1
HCS (32)
1 Samuel 31
1 Kings 1
BSB (33)
1 Samuel 32
1 Kings 1
ESV (33)
1 Samuel 32
1 Kings 1
WEB (34)
1 Samuel 33
1 Kings 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 עֵלִי proper name, masculine Eli, priest at Shiloh 1 Samuel 1:3 ( + 1 Samuel 1:3 ᵐ5 Th Klo HPS), 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 1:12 28t. 1-4 + 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Kings 2:27; Ηλει.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עֵלִי (“going up,” perhaps “height;” from the root עָלָה), pr.n. Eli, a high priest; the predecessor of Samuel [as judge in Israel], 1 Samuel 1:3, seqq.; LXX. Vulg. Ἡλί, Heli.


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List of Word Forms
וְעֵלִ֕י וְעֵלִ֖י וְעֵלִ֣י ועלי לְעֵלִֽי׃ לעלי׃ עֵ֠לִי עֵלִ֑י עֵלִ֔י עֵלִ֖י עֵלִ֗י עֵלִ֛י עֵלִ֜י עֵלִ֣י עֵלִ֥י עֵלִֽי׃ עֵלִי֙ עלי עלי׃ ‘ê·lî ‘êlî eLi lə‘êlî lə·‘ê·lî leeLi veeLi wə‘êlî wə·‘ê·lî
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