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 .
verb (used with object), elided, eliding. 1. to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation. 2. to suppress; omit; ignore; pass over. 3. Law. to annul or quash. Origin of elide.