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 .
elision. n. 1. (Phonetics & Phonology) the omission of a syllable or vowel at the beginning or end of a word, esp when a word ending with a vowel is next to one beginning with a vowel. 2. any omission of a part or parts. [C16: from Latin ÄlÄ«siÅ, from ÄlÄ«dere to elide]. (ÉªËlÉªÊ Én).