Ishmael

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yishma'él (yišmāʿēl), “God hears, God will hear”).

Proper noun

Ishmael

1. (Abrahamic religions) 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 via the Ishmaelites.
   • 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.

2. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, chapter 1, in Moby-Dick:

     Call me Ishmael.

3. (type) An outcast.
   • 1932 The Magnet - Bunter's Night Out

     His new friend was evidently a young Ishmael - his hand against every man and every man's hand against him.

Related terms

• Ismail

Translations

eldest son of Abraham

• Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيلُ m (ʔismāʕīlu)
• Catalan: Ismael
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: Ismaël m
• Ewe: Ismael m
• Finnish: Ismael
• French: Ismaël (fr) m
• German: Ismael m
• Greek: Ισμαήλ (el) m (Ismaḯl)

  Ancient: Ἰσμαηλ (Ismaēl)

• Hausa: Isma'ilu
• Hebrew: יִשְׁמָעֵאל m (yishma'él)
• Hindi: इसमाईल (hi) m (ismāīl)
• Hungarian: Izmael (hu)
• Irish: Ísmeáéil m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: Ismaele
• Japanese: イシュマエル (Ishumaeru)
• Korean: 이스마엘 (Iseuma'el)
• Latin: Ismahel m, Ismael m
• Macedonian: Исмаил m (Ismail)
• Malay: Ismail
• Maore Comorian: Ismaila
• Portuguese: Ismael m
• Russian: Измаи́л (ru) m (Izmaíl), Исмаи́л (ru) m (Ismaíl)
• Somali: Ismaaciil
• Spanish: Ismael (es) m
• Swedish: Ismael
• Tagalog: Ismael
• Turkish: İsmail (tr)

male given name

• Ewe: Ismael m
• Finnish: Ismo (fi)
• Galician: Ismael (gl) m
• Hausa: Isma'ilu
• Hindi: इसमाईल (hi) m (ismāīl)
• Hungarian: Izmael (hu)
• Macedonian: Исмаил m (Ismail)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: Ismail
• Portuguese: Ismael m
• Russian: Измаи́л (ru) m (Izmaíl), Исмаи́л (ru) m (Ismaíl)
• Somali: Ismaaciil
• Spanish: Ismael (es) m

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