Gender Masculine Usage Biblical Scripts אֶלְיוֹעֵינַי(Ancient Hebrew) Meaning & History Means "my eyes look to Yahweh" in Hebrew, derived from אֶל (ʾel) meaning "towards", יוֹ (yo) referring to the Hebrew God, and עַיִן (ʿayin) meaning "eye". This is the name of several minor characters in the Old Testament.