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title: יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי — Ishmaelites · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי (3459), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Ishmaelites. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי

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«יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ishmaelites** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 3459 · **BDB:** יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי

### Glosses

Ishmaelites (3); Ishmaelite (2); \[were\].Ishmaelites (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ishmaelites [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3459/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3459/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. of יִשׁ׳ 1;—sg. c. art. הַיִּשׁ׳ 1 Ch 2:17 + ‖ 2 S 17:25 (so read for הַיִּשְׂרָאֵלִי, v. Comm.); הַיִּשְׁמְעֵלִי 1 Ch 27:30; pl. (הַ)יִּשְׁמְעֵאלִים Ishmaelites Gn 37:25, 27, 28; 39:1; Ju 8:24 ψ 83:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3459/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 83:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.7/)

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אָהֳלֵ֣י אֱ֭דוֹם וְיִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים מוֹאָ֥ב וְהַגְרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* the.tents of.Edom and.\[the\] Ishmaelites Moab and the.Hagrites

*JPS 1917:* The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;

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[1 Chronicles 2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.17/)

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וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל יָלְדָ֖ה אֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֑א וַאֲבִ֣י עֲמָשָׂ֔א יֶ֖תֶר הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and Abigail she.bore (et) Amasa and the.father of.Amasa \[was\].Jether the Ishmaelite

*JPS 1917:* And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

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