HebrewH3459Noun

יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי

yish.ma.e.li

7Occurrences
H3459Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a Jishmaelite or descendant of Jishmael

patronymically from H3458 (יִשְׁמָעֵאל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Someone descended from Ishmael who was a man of Arabia living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Abraham (H0085) and Hagar (H1904); half-brother of: Isaac (H3327), Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744); father of: Nebaioth (H5032), Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H0110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305), Kedemah (H6929) and Mahalath (H4258) Group of yish.ma.el (*יִשְׁמָעֵאל *"Ishmael" H3458) § Ishmaelite, of Ishmael "God will hear" a descendant of Ishmael

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--PG

Full Description

N:N--PG

Occurrences

יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
4
1 Chronicles
2
Judges
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:17BSB

Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

1 Chronicles 27:30BSB

Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels.Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.

Genesis 37:25BSB

And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

Genesis 37:27BSB

Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

Genesis 37:28BSB

So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

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