English

Etymology
Hebrew shemuel, possibly "He (God) has listened" or contracted from sha'ulme'el "asked of God".

Proper noun
en-proper-noun
book of the Bible|Books of Samuel

1. given name|male
2. book(s) of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
3. biblical character The primary author and central character of the first book of Samuel.

Translations
trans-top|book of the Bible
Dutch: #Dutch|Samuel
Finnish: Samuel
Hebrew: ש����|שְ���ּ�ֵ� (shmuel)
Italian: 1 Samuele & 2 Samuele
trans-mid
Japanese: ����� (samueru ki)
Maltese: Samwel
Slovene: Samuelova knjiga
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trans-top|male given name
Czech: Samuel
Danish: Samuel
Dutch: #Dutch|Samuel
Finnish: Samuel, Samuli
French: Samuel
German: Samuel
Hawaiian: Kamuela
Hebrew: ש����|שְ���ּ�ֵ� (shmuel)
Hungarian: Sámuel
trans-mid
Icelandic: Samúel
Italian: Samuele
Norwegian: Samuel
Polish: Samuel
Russian: Сам�ил (Samuíl)
Spanish: Samuel
Swedish: Samuel
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Derived terms
Sam.
pet forms: Sam, Sammie, Sammy
Samantha

Danish

Proper noun
infl|da|proper noun

1. biblical character|lang=da #English|Samuel.
2. given name|male||da:.

Dutch

Alternative spellings
Samuël

Proper noun
Samuel

1. The ninth and tenth book of the Bible.
2. given name|male||nl:.

Finnish

Proper noun
fi-noun|Samuel|typepaperi|propertrue

1. biblical character|lang=fi #English|Samuel.
2. given name|male||fi:.

Related terms
Sami, Samu, Samuli

French

Proper noun
infl|fr|proper noun|g=m

1. biblical character|lang=fr #English|Samuel.
2. given name|male||fr:.

German

Proper noun
infl|de|proper noun

1. biblical character|lang=de #English|Samuel.
2. given name|male||de:.

Related terms
Sämi in East part of Switzerland

Norwegian

Proper noun
infl|no|proper noun

1. biblical character|lang=no #English|Samuel.
2. given name|male||no:.

Swedish

Proper noun
infl|sv|proper noun

1. biblical character|lang=sv #English|Samuel.
2. given name|male||sv:.

hu:Samuel
sr:Samuel
fi:Samuel
sv:Samuel

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