שמואל

עברית

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שמואל

/ˈʃmu.el/ Modern Israeli
/ʃmu.ejl/
/ʃemuˈel/
/ʃæ̆muˈʔel/
/ʃămuˈʔel/
/ʃəmuːˈʔeːl/

Where it comes from

Compound of שֵׁם (šēm, “name”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “god”). The first part is often said to be שָׁמַע (šāmáʿ, “to hear, to listen”) since elistic names tend to derive from exhortations from verbs, however this is unlikely since the third radical ע (ʿ) of the verb is absent. Other interpretations posit derivation from roots meaning “God” as in Heaven or the upper sky (see שָׁמַיִם (šāmáyim)) and “high” (see עלי (literally “elevation”)) giving “God is high”.

proper noun שְׁמוּאֵל · sh'mu'él · šəmūʾḗl

Samuel (the primary author and central character of the first book of Samuel)
Samuel (one of two books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)
a male given name, equivalent to English Samuel

In English

Samuel biblical person

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MLA

"שמואל." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

שמואל. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C

Chicago

"שמואל." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {שמואל},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}