Samuel ~ ሳሙኤል: heard of God / EBD, (1 ሳሙ 1:20)

The root words for ‘Samuel’ are ‘Sema’ (ሰማ) and ‘El’ (ኤል) ፥The meaning is ‘the lord hears’/ Ibid.

The son of Elkanah and Hannah, and was born at Ramathaim-zophim, among the hills of Ephraim, “Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, because I have asked him of the LORD.” (1 Sam 1:20)
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ሳሙኤል ~Samuel: ሰማ ኤል፣ ሰማ አምላክ፣ ጌታ ሰማ፣ እግዚአብሔር አዳመጠ፣ ፀሎትን ተቀበለ ማለት ነው። [ተዛማጅ ስም- ሽሙኤል]

‘ሰማ’ እና ‘ኤል’ ከሚሉ ቃላት የተመሠረተ ስም ነው።

[ሳሙ ኤል ማለት የእግዚአብሔር ስም አምላካዊ ስም ማለት ነው / መቅቃ]

የሕልቃና እና የሐና ልጅ፣ ነብዩ ሳሙኤል፥ “የመፅነስዋም ወራት ካለፈ በኋላ ሐና ወንድ ልጅ ወለደች እርስዋም፦ ከእግዚአብሔር ለምኜዋለሁ ስትል ስሙን ሳሙኤል ብላ ጠራችው:” (1 ሳሙ 1:20)