Note 1132 — Chapter XXV
Reading edition
One of the names for the priest in Babylonia is Shâ'ilu, i.e., 'inquirer,' and the corresponding Hebrew word Shô'êl is similarly used in a few passages of the Old Testament; e.g., Deut. xviii. 11; Micah, vii. 3. See an article by the writer on "The Stem Shâ'al and the Name of Samuel," in a forthcoming number of the Journal of the Society of Biblical Literature.