- Original: ἠλί - Transliteration: Eli - Phonetic: ay-lee' - Definition: 1. Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani. The hebrew form, as Elio, Elio, etc., is the Syro-Chaldaic (the common language in use by the Jews in the time of christ) of the first words of the twenty second Psalm; they mean My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? - Origin: of hebrew origin, G410 with pronominal suffix - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Of hebrew origin ([ H410 ] with pronoun suffix); my God: - Eli.