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20 It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; she named him [a]Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the Lord.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:20 The name possibly means “The Name [i.e. Yahweh, Lord] is God” or “His name is God,” but the etymology is uncertain.

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