ʔl / Semitic roots

1. a. Azazel, from Hebrew ʕăzāʔzēl, perhaps corrupt for ʕăzaz-ʔēl, God has been strong (personal name);; b. bethel, from Hebrew bêtʔēl, house of God;; c. Daniel, from Hebrew dānīʔēl, dānīyēʔl, my judge (is) God (alternatively, God has judged);; d. Ezekiel, from Hebrew yəḥezqēʔl, God has strengthened;; e. Gabriel, from Hebrew gabrîʔēl, my strong one (is) God (see gpr);; f. Ishmael, from Hebrew yišmāʕēʔl, God has heard (see šmʕ);; g. Israel, from Hebrew yiśrāʔēl, God has striven, God has saved;; h. Joel, from Hebrew yôʔēl, Yahweh (is) God;; i. Michael, from Hebrew mîkāʔēl, who (is) like God?;; j. Nathanael, from Hebrew nətanʔēl, God has given (see ntn);; k. Raphael, from Hebrew rəpāʔēl, God has healed (rəpāʔ, he has healed; see rpʔ);; l. Samuel, from Hebrew šəmûʔēl, name of God (alternatively, the name (is) God; see šm);; m. schlemiel, perhaps from Hebrew personal name šəlūmîʔēl, my well-being (is) God. a-m all from Hebrew ʔēl, God;; n. Elijah, from Hebrew ʔēlîyāhû, my God (is) Yahweh, from ʔēlî, my God, from ʔēl (see above) + -î, my;; o. Elisha, from Hebrew ʔĕlîšāʕ, God (is) salvation, from ʔĕl, shortened form of ʔēl, God (see above; -îšāʕ, salvation; see wṯʕ);; p. Elizabeth, from Hebrew ʔĕlîšebaʕ, my God (is) an oath, from ʔĕlî, reduced form of ʔēlî, my God (see above; -šebaʕ, oath; see šbʕ);; q. Lazarus, from Hebrew ʔelʕāzār, God has helped, from ʔel, reduced form of ʔēl, God (see above; ʕāzār, he has helped; see ʕḏr)..

2. a. Babylon, from Akkadian bābili, gate of the god, from ilu, god;; b. Babel, from Hebrew bābel, from Akkadian bāb ili, Babylon (see above)..

3. Enlil, from Sumerian refashioning of Semitic *ʔilil, probably "god of gods" reduplication of *ʔil-.

1. Elohim, from Hebrew ʔĕlōhîm, God, plural (used as singular) of ʔĕlōah, god.

2. a. Allah, from Arabic allāh, the god, God, from al-, the + ʔilāh, god;; b. ayatollah, from Arabic ʔāyatu llāh, sign of God;; c. Bahaullah, from Arabic bahāʔu llāh, splendor of God; a-c all from Arabic llah, elided form of allāh (see above).