Names

Samuel

The prophet Samuel's name probably means 'name of God', though 'God has heard' is also proposed, and the Bible's own explanation fits Saul better. It became Shmuel in Yiddish, Ṣamūʾīl in Christian Arabic, Samuil in Russian and Bulgarian, Samuēl in Armenia, Samuele in Italy, Chinese Sāmǔ'ěr and Kamuela in Hawaii, and gave Americans both Uncle Sam and the curse-dodging 'Sam Hill'.

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600 BCEBiblical Hebrew

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Samuel

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