{"def":{"lit":"his name is of God","short":"Samuel (i.e., Shemuel), an Israelite","long":["the son of Elkanah and Hannah, the last of the judges, a distinguished prophet, and a founder of the prophetic order, he gave the Jews there first kings, Saul, David"]},"deriv":"of Hebrew origin (H8050)","pronun":{"ipa":"sɑ.muˈel","ipa_mod":"sɑ.muˈe̞l","sbl":"samouēl","dic":"sa-moo-ALE","dic_mod":"sa-moo-ALE"},"see":["H8050"]}