- ('''אלי''') () is a variant on the name of God (see El (god) ) as spoken in Hebrew and Aramaic . (The "i" suffix indicates first person singular possession, i.e., "my El".)
- ---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 and Ethiopic .
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- is a common first name in Hebrew, however, there is a distinction between Eli spelled with an Aleph '''א''', which is a diminutive form of Eliahu ( Elijah ), Eliezer, etc. and Eli spelled with an 'ayin '''ע''', which is the name of the high priest in the Books Of Samuel . See List Of Hebrew Names . Elya, which is Yiddish for Elijah , is spelled with an ayin in the beginning and end of the name. In English it is pronounced , for example by Eli Whitney and Eli Yale .
In Hebrew and many Yiddish Languages Eli means "the highest" or "to the Highest"
- (עלי) ( Hebrew '''עלי''' '''’Ēlî''', ''Eli'' "Ascent") is also the name of an Israelite judge in the Book Of Judges . He was also the priest who trained the young prophet Samuel .
- (my God, my God), words spoken by King David in Book Of Psalms 22:2-3- : ''"...My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me, and art far from my help at the words of my cry? O my God, I call by day, but Thou answerest not; and at night, and there is no surcease for me..."'' {Link without Title}
- supposedly said by Jesus on the Cross which means "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me", words that also comprise the beginning of the Twenty-Second Psalm , although some debate what exactly Jesus' last words were.
- '' is the name of an old Yiddish Language movie about an old Jewish immigrant couple neglected by their Americanized children.
- Eli was the name of a character on who was a spiritually-oriented pacifist. It can be argued that this character was meant to be a pastiche of Jesus .
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