Lexical Summary Yishmael: "God hears", the name of several Israelites Original Word: יִשְׁמָעֵאלTransliteration: Yishmael Phonetic Spelling: (yish-maw-ale') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "God hears", the name of several Israelites Meaning: Ishmael -- "God hears", the name of several Israelites Strong's Concordance Ishmael From shama' and 'el; God will hear; Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites -- Ishmael. see HEBREW shama' see HEBREW 'el Brown-Driver-Briggs H3458. Yishmael יִשְׁמָעֵאל48 proper name, masculine El heareth; Sabean יסמעאל Hal187; on from compare LagBN 131); — 1 son of Abraham and Hagar Genesis 16:11 (name explanation י ׳שָׁמַע ׳רגו), 16:15. 16 11t. Genesis 17..25, 28:9 (twice in verse); 36:3; 1 Chronicles 1:28-29, 31; Ισμαηλ 2 usually Ισμαηλ: murderer of Gedaliah Jeremiah 41:8; 40:14-15, 16 17t. Jeremiah 41; 2 Kings 25:23, 25 (ᵐ5L Ισραηλ !). 3 in Benjamin 1 Chronicles 8:38; 9:44. 4 in Judah: 5 Jew with foreign wife Ezra 10:22, Σαμαηλ, A ᵐ5L Ισμαηλ. |