Ishmael

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Etymology

From Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (Ishmail), meaning: "God hears or obeys". Standard Yišmaʿel, Tiberian Yišmāʿêl; Arabic: إسماعيل, (Ismā'īl).

Proper noun

Ishmael

1. (Judaism, Islam) The eldest son of Abraham and his wife's handmaiden Hagar who were cast out after the birth of Isaac; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs.
2. A male given name.

Quotations

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 16:15

  And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

• 1851 — Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, ch 1

  Call me Ishmael.

Related terms

• Ismail

Translations

eldest son of Abraham

Arabic: إسماعيل (Ismā'īl) Catalan: Ismael Dutch: Ismaël Ewe: Ismael m. Finnish: Ismael (fi) French: Ismaël (fr) German: Ismael (de) Greek: Ancient: Ἰσμαηλ (Ismaēl)

Hebrew: יִשְׁמָעֵאל (Yišmaʿel) Hungarian: Izmael (hu) Irish: Ísmeáéil (ga) m. Italian: Ismaele (it) Latin: Ismahel, Ismael Spanish: Ismael (es) Swedish: Ismael (sv) Turkish: İsmail (tr)

male given name

Ewe: Ismael m. Finnish: Ismo (fi)

Hungarian: Izmael (hu) Spanish: Ismael (es) m.