Wow, that is interesting...didn't know his wifes name was Eli Karen! Okay...here we go!

Eli=shortened version of Aramaic word Eloi; hebrew equivalent Eli/El=God

Ka·ren (k-rn) n., pl. Karen or Ka·rens.

A member of a Thai people inhabiting southern and eastern Burma. Any of the Tibeto-Burman languages of this people.

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Pronunciation Key Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition Copyright © 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

karen n : the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thai-Burmese borderlands [syn: Karen, Karenic] Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University

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Ko·ran or Qur·’an (k-rn, -rän, kô-, k-) n.

The sacred text of Islam, considered by Muslims to contain the revelations of God to Mohammed. Also called Alcoran.

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Pronunciation Key Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition Copyright © 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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Koran \Ko"ran\ (?; 277), n. [Ar. gor[=a]n. See Alcoran.] The Scriptures of the Mohammedans, containing the professed revelations to Mohammed; -- called also Alcoran. [Written also Kuran or Quran.] Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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Koran n : sacred writings of Islam [syn: Koran, Quran] Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University

Now I'm not a linguistic guy but either definitions could be viewed as the following: Eli Karen = God of Tibet or Eli Koran = God of Arabia/Moslems

It is also noteworthy to point out that Karen is the language spoken in tibet; as speaking Karenic. Could Eli Karen mean to speak to God or the voice of God!? Just my oppinions.

K.