Angel names ending in -el

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#206480 - 07/19/12 04:40 PM Angel names ending in -el
Bleu stranger Registered: 07/19/12 Posts: 1	I'm sure a lot of you may have noticed that many notable as well as obscure names for angels seem to end in -el. Is there a reason for this, perhaps something in the etymology or is that just how they are? Thanks. Edited by Bleu (07/19/12 04:43 PM)
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#206481 - 07/19/12 04:52 PM Re: Angel names ending in -el [Re: Bleu]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh	I'm sure a lot of you may have noticed that many notable as well as obscure names for angels seem to end in -el. Yes, because a common Semitic root for 'god, deity' is Hebrew 'el, Babylonian 'ilu, Arabic 'ilāh (whence 'allāh). _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#206483 - 07/19/12 08:44 PM Re: Angel names ending in -el [Re: Bleu]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Can't get much more straightforward than that.
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#206484 - 07/19/12 09:00 PM Re: Angel names ending in -el [Re: Jackie]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5287 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Not just angels: Daniel, Samuel, ELizabeth, Rachel, Nathaniel, ELkanah, Bethel, Joel, ELijah,etc. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#206485 - 07/19/12 11:50 PM Re: Angel names ending in -el [Re: Bleu]
olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 932 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	Elmo
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#206488 - 07/20/12 08:17 AM Re: Angel names ending in -el [Re: olly]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13654	That's pretty funny, olly, but that's a different language and a different root. It's Germanic. Elmo means 'helmet'.
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#206492 - 07/20/12 11:53 AM Re: Angel names ending in -el [Re: olly]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Originally Posted By: olly Elmo
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