Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>]

That name was already taken:

Yishmael

Shoshanna Walker



> Is it at all possible that "Samuel" could come from *‰ÝM` *"to hear," and
> the
> *`ayin* was gradually dropped from the name?  Then the name would mean
> something like, "El listens."
> Benjamin D. Giffone