{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H5941",
  "lemma": "עֵלִי",
  "transliteration": "ʻÊlîy",
  "definition": "Eli, an Israelite highpriest",
  "kjv": "Eli.",
  "occurrences": 33,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H5927",
      "lemma": "עָלָה",
      "transliteration": "ʻâlâh",
      "meaning": "to ascend, intransitively",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5927"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "עֵלִי n.pr.m. Eli, priest at Shiloh"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:3",
      "text": "This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts in Shiloh. The two…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:9",
      "text": "So Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:12",
      "text": "As she continued praying before the LORD, Eli saw her mouth.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:13",
      "text": "Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:14",
      "text": "Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Get rid of your wine!”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:17",
      "text": "Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:25",
      "text": "They killed the bull, and brought the child to Eli.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 2:11",
      "text": "Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 2:12",
      "text": "Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know the LORD.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 2:20",
      "text": "Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May the LORD give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=20"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5941",
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  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
  "license": "https://besorah.bible/data-licence.txt",
  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}