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*[[El (god)|Eli]] (אלי), a variant on the name of [[God]] as spoken in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Aramaic]]. (The "i" suffix indicates first person singular possession, i.e., "my El" or "my God")<ref>In [[Semitic]] languages, the "al" and "el" sounds are often merged, (as in "ael") thus the Aramaic "Eli" is directly related to the Arabic [[Allah]] and identical to Hebrew "[[El]]". It is related also to similar Semitic words in [[Assyria]]n (ilu), [[Phoenicia]]n, [[Aramaic]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and [[Ethiopic]].</ref><ref>In Hebrew and many Yiddish Languages, Eli means "the highest" or "to the Highest".</ref> |
*[[El (god)|Eli]] (אלי), a variant on the name of [[God]] as spoken in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Aramaic]]. (The "i" suffix indicates first person singular possession, i.e., "my El" or "my God")<ref>In [[Semitic]] languages, the "al" and "el" sounds are often merged, (as in "ael") thus the Aramaic "Eli" is directly related to the Arabic [[Allah]] and identical to Hebrew "[[El]]". It is related also to similar Semitic words in [[Assyria]]n (ilu), [[Phoenicia]]n, [[Aramaic]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and [[Ethiopic]].</ref><ref>In Hebrew and many Yiddish Languages, Eli means "the highest" or "to the Highest".</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:31, 7 January 2008
Eli or ELI may refer to:
Eli has a 2 incher
- Eli (אלי), a variant on the name of God as spoken in Hebrew and Aramaic. (The "i" suffix indicates first person singular possession, i.e., "my El" or "my God")[1][2]
In people:
- Eli (name), a common first name in Hebrew
- Eli (Bible) (עלי), Biblical priest of Shiloh and Israelite judge, who trained the young prophet Samuel
- Eli, a nickname for a Yale University student, after Yale benefactor Elihu Yale
- Eli, is an American Pitbull Terrier Bloodline
- Eli Vance, a character in the popular Half-Life 2 series.
In places:
- Eli (town) (עלי), an Israeli settlement in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria)
- Eli Vance, a character in the popular Half-Life 2 series.
In organizations:
- English Language Institute an educational facility
In popular culture:
- Eli (Xena), a fictional character on Xena: Warrior Princess who was a spiritually-oriented pacifist. The name is a reference to the prophet Elijah. It can be argued that this character was meant to be a pastiche of Jesus.
- Eli, a fictional character on Children of The Corn: Boy Preachers
- Eli (Demonology 101), fictional character from the online comic Demonology 101.
- ELI (film) a 2007 short science-fiction thriller
- In the Rpg In Nomine Eli is the Archangel of creation.
Notes
- ^ In Semitic languages, the "al" and "el" sounds are often merged, (as in "ael") thus the Aramaic "Eli" is directly related to the Arabic Allah and identical to Hebrew "El". It is related also to similar Semitic words in Assyrian (ilu), Phoenician, Aramaic, Arabic and Ethiopic.
- ^ In Hebrew and many Yiddish Languages, Eli means "the highest" or "to the Highest".
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