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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • In the Bible, a judge of Israel who was the teacher of Samuel.

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  • proper noun A male given name of biblical origin.
  • proper noun biblical The priest who brought up Samuel.

Etymologies

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Hebrew עֵלִי "ascent"; cognate to Arabic Ali.

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