Eli
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For people and fictional characters with the given name Eli, see Eli (name).
Eli or ELI may refer to:
- Eli (אלי), a variant on the name of God as spoken in Hebrew and Aramaic. (The "i" suffix indicates first person singular possession, i.e., "my El" or "my God")[1][2]
- Equity Linked Investment
In people:
- Eli (name), a common first name in Hebrew
- Eli (Bible) (עלי), Biblical priest of Shiloh and Israelite judge, who trained the young prophet Samuel
- Eli, a nickname for a Yale University student, after Yale benefactor Elihu Yale
- Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, which greatly reduced the labor of picking cotton seeds.
In places:
- Eli (town) (עלי), an Israeli settlement in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria)
In organizations:
- European Laser Institute, a network composed of the European leading research organizations and medium-sized companies
- English Language Institute an educational facility
In popular culture:
- ELI (film) a 2007 short science-fiction thriller
- Eli (Xena), a fictional character on Xena: Warrior Princess
- Eli (Hollyoaks), a fictional character in Hollyoaks
- Eli (band), a band formerly singed to ForeFront Records
[edit] See also
- Eli (name), which has a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Eli
[edit] Notes
- ^ In Semitic languages, the "al" and "el" sounds are often merged, (as in "ael") thus the Aramaic "Eli" is directly related to the Arabic Allah and identical to Hebrew "El". It is related also to similar Semitic words in Assyrian (ilu), Phoenician, Aramaic, Arabic and Ethiopic.
- ^ In Hebrew and many Yiddish Languages, Eli means "the highest" or "to the Highest".
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