Original Language Studio
1 Samuel 2:22
“Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5941 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Eli, an Israelite highpriest
- Derivation
- from H5927 (עָלָה); lofty;
- KJV renderings
- Eli.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- עֵלִ֖י — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 33 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 1:31 Samuel 1:91 Samuel 1:121 Samuel 1:131 Samuel 1:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֵלִי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.