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Samuel (Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל Šəmūʾēl, Tiberian: Šămūʾēl) [1] is a male name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "name of God", deriving from the Hebrew Shem (שֵׁם) (which means "name") [ 2 ] + ʾĒl (which means "God" or "deity"). [ 3 ]
Samuel's name, however, can mean "name of God," (or "Heard of God" or "Told of God") and the etymology and multiple references to the root of the name seems to fit Saul instead. The majority explanation for the discrepancy is that the narrative originally described the birth of Saul, and was given to Samuel to enhance the position of David and ...
The Hebrew form of the name "Saul" is shaul, and the story of Samuel's birth contains repeated uses the related verbal root sh-'-l in various forms, including in the verse in which Hannah explains her son's name (1:20). In verse 28, the form shaul ("lent") itself is found, identical to the
The name was recorded in the 18th century in New England, but its etymology is uncertain. [1] Speculation (without evidence) has suggested an origin from the masculine given name Samuel [2] and anthos, the Greek word for "flower". [3] One theory is that it was a feminine form of Samuel, to which the already existing feminine name Anthea was ...
Peninnah (Hebrew: פְּנִנָּה Pəninnā; sometimes transliterated Penina) was one of Elkanah's two wives, briefly mentioned in the first Book of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:2). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Her name derives from the word פְּנִינָּה ( pəninā ), meaning "pearl."
Samuel Abravanel (Lisbon, 1473 – Ferrara, 1551) was the youngest son of Isaac Abravanel, and the grandson of Judah. His father sent him to Salonica to pursue his Talmudic studies, where he became the pupil of Joseph Fasi. He lived in Naples and was employed as financier by the viceroy Don Pedro de Toledo. Samuel was a patron of Jewish learning.
Somhairle is sometimes Anglicised as Samuel, [4] although these two names are etymologically unrelated (the latter being ultimately of Hebrew origin). [5] The Old Norse personal name likely originated as a byname, meaning "summer-traveller", [6] "summer-warrior", [7] in reference to a Viking, [8] or men who took to raiding during the summer ...
Hannah, also spelled Hanna, Hana, Hanah, or Chana, is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin. It is derived from the root ḥ-n-n, meaning "favour" or "grace". A Dictionary of First Names attributes the name to a word meaning 'He (God) has favoured me with a child'.