See Eli on Wiktionary
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"The priest who brought up Samuel."
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"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese masculine nouns",
"Portuguese proper nouns",
"Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin",
"Portuguese terms derived from Hebrew",
"Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
"Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "la",
"3": "Heli"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Latin Heli",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "he",
"3": "עֵלִי"
},
"expansion": "Hebrew עֵלִי",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin Heli, from Hebrew עֵלִי.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "Eli m",
"name": "pt-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Portuguese given names",
"Portuguese male given names",
"Portuguese male given names from Hebrew"
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Eli"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Eli",
"Eli#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"pt:Biblical characters"
],
"glosses": [
"Eli (priest who brought up Samuel)"
],
"links": [
[
"biblical",
"Bible"
],
[
"Eli",
"Eli#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(biblical) Eli (priest who brought up Samuel)"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"biblical",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/eˈli/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛˈli/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
}
],
"word": "Eli"
}
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