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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 .
The name Eli in the Bible. There are two men named Eli in the Bible, but although their names are the same in English, they aren't in Hebrew /Greek: 1  The only Eli (×¢××) mentioned in the Old Testament was the high priest in Shiloh when the prophet Samuel was a child (1 Samuel 1:3).