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title: יִשְׁמָעֵאל — Ishmael · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִשְׁמָעֵאל (3458), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 48 times: Ishmael. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִשְׁמָעֵאל

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«יִשְׁמָעֵאל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ishmael** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 48 times · **Key:** 3458 · **BDB:** יִשְׁמָעֵאל²

### Glosses

Ishmael (38); of.Ishmael (10)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ishmael [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3458/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3458/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Ēl heareth; Sab. יסמעאל Hal 187; on form cf. LagBN 131);— son of Abraham and Hagar Gn 16:11 (name expl. כִּי שָׁמַע י׳ וגו׳), v 15, 16 + 11 times Gn 17:25, 28:9(×2), 36:3 1 Ch 1:28, 29, 31; Ισμαηλ. usually Ισμαηλ: murderer of Gedaliah Je 40:8, 14, 15, 16 + 17 times Je 41, 2 K 25:23, 25 (𝔊L Ισραηλ!). in Benj. 1 Ch 8:38; 9:44. in Judah: 2 Ch 19:11. 23:1. Jew with foreign wife Ezr 10:22, Σαμαηλ, A 𝔊L Ισμαηλ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִשְׁמָעֵאל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3458/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.28/)

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בְּנֵי֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם יִצְחָ֖ק וְיִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Abraham \[were\].Isaac and Ishmael

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.

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[Genesis 36:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.3/)

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וְאֶת־בָּשְׂמַ֥ת בַּת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל אֲח֥וֹת נְבָיֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Basemath the.daughter of.Ishmael the.sister of.Nebaioth

*JPS 1917:* and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.

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