Lexical Definition

‎יִשְׁמָעֵאל‎ Yishmâʻêʼl (yish-maw-ale') Ishmael ^N:N-M-P
from ‎שָׁמַע‎ and ‎אֵל‎; God will hear

Ishmael.

• § Ishmael = "God will hear"
• Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יִשְׁמָעֵאל‎₄₈ proper name, masculine El heareth; Sabean ‎יסמעאל‎ Hal¹⁸⁷; on from compare Lag^{BN 131}); —

1. son of Abraham and Hagar Gen 16:11 (name explanation ‎׳‎‎רגו‎ ‎׳‎‎שָׁמַע י‎), vGen 16:15. 16 + 11 t. Gen 17.25, Gen 28:9 (twice in verse); Gen 36:3; 1Chr 1:28; 1Chr 1:29; 1Chr 1:31 Ισμαηλ

2. usually Ισμαηλ: murderer of Gedaliah Jer 41:8; Jer 40:14; Jer 40:15; Jer 40:16 + 17 t. Jer 41; 2Kgs 25:23; 2Kgs 25:25 (ᵐ5^L Ισραηλ !).

3. in Benjamin 1Chr 8:38; 1Chr 9:44.

4. in Judah:
a. 2Chr 19:11.
b. 2Chr 23:1.

5. Jew with foreign wife Ezra 10:22, Σαμαηλ, A ᵐ5^L Ισμαηλ.

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