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Hi:

I can't quite figure out how the name Samuel is formed in 1 Sam 1:20. Here's the part of the verse:
it says "and she called his name Samuel because from the Lord I asked for him"

I can see the last word in the verse has the letters שׁאל (which is almost Samuel except it's missing מוּ

If I "break down Samuel" it almost looks like "his name God".

But Hannah says specifically that she called him Samuel because "from the Lord I asked for him" (so how does that "equal" Samuel??

Glenn

BDB breaks it down as you have: "his name is El."

thanxs Jason for that link!

Glenn

Jason writes

BDB breaks it down as you have: "his name is El."

whose name is El?

Isaac Fried, Boston University
www.hebrewetymology.com

Isaac Fried wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 4:25 pm Jason writes

BDB breaks it down as you have: "his name is El."

whose name is El?

Isaac Fried, Boston University
www.hebrewetymology.com

Wouldn't it be God's name?

humm... couldn't be אלקנה ???? humm....

Glenn

Seems to me that אל is God. It is not a name. Also, the boy's name is shmUel not shmOel. It does not make sense to me that שמואל is: his-name-is-el. Something else, another theophoric message, must be hidden in the name, still referring to El.


Isaac Fried, Boston University
www.hebrewetymology.com

It’s a conflation of the phrase sha’ul me-el.

Jemoh66 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 7:48 pm It’s a conflation of the phrase sha’ul me-el.

What do Shmuel and Shaul have to do with one another? Shmuel was a prophet before Shaul became a king. I don't see the connection.

The "conflation" of the phrase sha’ul me-el has the letter L twice reminding us of the similar name שְׁלֻמִיאֵל בֶּן צוּרִישַׁדָּי of Nu. 1:6, apparently related to the names שְׁלֹמֹה of 2Sam. 12:24 and שַׁלּוּם of 1Ch. 2:41.

I have already commented in this forum on such names here
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1077&hilit=%D7%A9% ... 6%B5%D7%9C

Isaac Fried, Boston University
www.hebrewetymology.com