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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - יִשְׁמָעֵאל

יִשְׁמָעֵאל

H3458

Transliteration: Yishmâʻêʼl

Pronunciation: yish-maw-ale'

Definition: Ishmael


Original: ישׁמעאל

Transliteration: yishmâ‛ê'l

Phonetic: yish-maw-ale'

BDB Definition:

Ishmael = "God will hear"
  1. son of Abraham and Sarah's handmaid Hagar and the progenitor of the Arabian peoples
  2. son of Nethaniah and the murderer of Gedaliah
  3. a Benjamite, one of the sons of Azel a descendant of Saul through Meribbaal or Mephibosheth
  4. a Judaite, father of Zebadiah
  5. a Judaite, son of Johanan and one of the captains who aided Jehoiada in restoring Joash to the throne
  6. a priest of the family of Pashur with a foreign wife whom he was forced to put away by Ezra

Origin: from H8085" class="dictionary-topic-link">H8085 and H410" class="dictionary-topic-link">H410

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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