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 (ar) (ʾismāʿīl) m
• Catalan: Ismael
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以實瑪利 (cmn), 以实玛利 (cmn) (Yǐshímǎlì)

• Dutch: Ismaël (nl) m
• Ewe: Ismael m
• Finnish: Ismael (fi)
• French: Ismaël (fr) m
• German: Ismael (de) m
• Greek: Ισμαήλ (el) (Ismaíl) m

  Ancient: Ἰσμαηλ (Ismaēl)

• Hebrew: יִשְׁמָעֵאל‎ (he) (yishma'el, yishmā'ēl) m

• Hungarian: Izmael (hu)
• Irish: Ísmeáéil (ga) m
• Italian: Ismaele (it)
• Japanese: イシュマエル (ja) (Ishumaeru)
• Latin: Ismahel (la) m, Ismael (la) m
• Macedonian: Исмаил (mk) (Ísmail) m
• Malay: Ismail (ms)
• Russian: Измаил (ru) (Izmaíl) m
• Spanish: Ismael (es) m
• Swedish: Ismael (sv)
• Turkish: İsmail (tr)

male given name

• Ewe: Ismael m
• Finnish: Ismo (fi)
• Hungarian: Izmael (hu)
• Macedonian: Исмаил (mk) (Ísmail) m

• Malay: Ismail (ms)
• Russian: Измаил (ru) (Izmaíl) m, Исмаил (ru) (Ismaíl) m
• Spanish: Ismael (es) m