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Shmuel Shiloh
''Shmuel'' or Schmuel/ Shmeil is an Ashkenazi Jewish variant of the name Samuel (name), Samuel. It comes from שמואל in Hebrew, and is popular also in Polish Yiddish versions of the name: Szmul or Szmuel and Szmulik or Szmulek. Shmuel and variations may refer to: * Samuel (Bible), the Hebrew Bible prophet * Books of Samuel, the book of the Tanach * Shmuel Hakatan, the Tanna (Mishnaic sage) * Samuel of Nehardea, the Amora (Talmudic sage) Given name * Shmuel Ben David (1884–1927), illustrator, painter, typographer and designer * Shmuel Ben-Dror (1924–2009), Israeli footballer * Shmuel Ben Eliezer (born 1981), American record executive * Shmuel Bornsztain (second Sochatchover rebbe), (1856–1926), author of ''Shem Mishmuel'' * Shmuel Bornsztain (sixth Sochatchover rebbe), (born 1961), Israeli rabbi * Leonard Chess (born Lejzor Szmuel Czyż; 1917–1969), Polish-born American record company executive * Shmuel Dayan (1891–1968), Israeli politician * Shmuel Ehrenfeld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel (name)
Samuel (Hebrew language, Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl'') is a male name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "name of God", deriving from the Hebrew Shem (שֵׁם) (which means "name") + ʾĒl (which means "God" or "deity"). However, from the explanation given in 1 Samuel 1, 1 Samuel 1:20, the name could alternatively come from a contraction of the Hebrew language, Hebrew שְׁאִלְתִּיו מֵאֵל (Modern Hebrew, Modern: Šəʾīltīv mēʾĒl, Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: Šĭʾīltīw mēʾĒl), meaning "I have asked/borrowed him from God". This is the verse in which the Prophet Samuel, Samuel's mother Hannah (biblical figure), Hannah names her son, after praying that she would be able to give birth. Her prayers having been answered, she dedicates the child to God as a Nazirite. Samuel was the last of the Biblical judges, ruling judges in the Old Testament. He anointed Saul to be the first Kingdom of Israel (un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |