The science of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution. It includes botany and zoology. The life processes or characteristic phenomena of a group or category of living organisms.
For a meaning of the Hebrew name Eli, NOBSE Study Bible Name List takes the ×¢× -part to come from ×¢×× ('ala), meaning to ascend. The ×, NOBSE seems to explain as an adjective-maker but also as a remnant of ××. Hence NOBSE reads  High that is God Is High .
[ 2 syll. e-li, el-i ] The baby boy name Eli is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is IY Lay â . Eli is used chiefly in the English, Hebrew, and Yiddish languages, and it is derived from Hebrew and English origins.