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For a meaning of the Hebrew name Eli, NOBSE Study Bible Name List takes the ×¢× -part to come from ×¢×× ('ala), meaning to ascend. The ×, NOBSE seems to explain as an adjective-maker but also as a remnant of ××. Hence NOBSE reads  High that is God Is High .
Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Eli. Eli [N] [H] [S] ascent, the high priest when the ark was at Shiloh ( 1 Samuel 1:3 1 Samuel 1:9 ). He was the first of the line of Ithamar, Aaron's fourth son ( 1 Chronicles 24:3 ; Compare 2 Samuel 8:17 ), who held that office.