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[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

What Rashi is doing here is mental gymnastics. Faced with a clear
discrepancy between what seems to be the simplest etymology for the name and
the explanation that the text actually gives, he finds a way for both to be
correct. That's why I like Ralbag's comment.

Yigal Levin

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[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Shoshanna Walker
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To: K Randolph
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Theophoric Names

Rashi:

"Samuel::   El after the name of God, and in reference to the incident, he 
was so called, for I asked him of the Lord."  (ie; His name is God)

Shoshanna Walker 

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