1. Ishmael (proper name) — The Hebrew proper masculine name יִשְׁמָעֵאל (Yishmael/Ishmael), meaning 'God hears' (from שָׁמַע + אֵל). Refers to multiple individuals in Scripture: (1) the son of Abraham and Hagar, progenitor of the Ishmaelite tribes (Gen 16-25), who received divine promises of great nationhood; (2) the son of Nethaniah who assassinated Gedaliah governor of Judah (2 Kgs 25:25, Jer 40-41); and (3) several minor figures in Chronicles and Ezra. Rendered as Ismael/Jischmael in German, Ismael in French, إِسْمَاعِيل in Arabic (preserving the Semitic cognate), and इश्माएल in Hindi. The 48 total occurrences include bare forms, prepositional constructions (ל-ישמעאל), and conjunctive forms (ו-ישמעאל), all representing the same proper name. 48×
AR["إسماعيل","إِسْمَاعِيلَ","إِسْمَاعِيلُ","إِشْمَاعِيلُ"]·ben["ইশ্মায়েল","ইশ্মায়েলের"]·DE["Ismael","Yishmael"]·EN["Ishmael","Yishma'el","Yishmael"]·FR["Ismaël","Yishmael","[ישמעאל]"]·heb["ישמעאל"]·HI["इश्माएल","इश्माएलका","यिश्माएल"]·ID["Ismael"]·IT["Ismaele","Yishmael"]·jav["Ismael","Ismaèl"]·KO["이스마엘","이스마엘에게","이스마엘을","이스마엘의","이스마엘이"]·PT["Yishma'el","Yishmael","de-Yishma'el"]·RU["Ишмаэл","Ишмаэла","Ишмаэле","Ишмаэлом","Ишмаэлу","Ишмаэля","Йишмаэль"]·ES["Ismael","Yishmael","Yismael"]·SW["Ishmaeli"]·TR["Yishmael'in","ilk-oğlu-","İsmail","İsmail'e","İsmail'i","İsmail'in","İsmail'le","İşmael"]·urd["اسماعیل","اسماعیل-نے","اسماعیل-کے","اسمٰعیل-کا"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
יִשְׁמָעֵאל48 n.pr.m. (Ēl heareth; Sab. יסמעאל Hal 187; on form cf. LagBN 131);— 1. son of Abraham and Hagar Gn 16:11 (name expl. כִּי שָׁמַע י׳ וגו׳), v 15, 16 + 11 times Gn 17:25, 28:9(×2), 36:3 1 Ch 1:28, 29, 31; Ισμαηλ. 2. usually Ισμαηλ: murderer of Gedaliah Je 40:8, 14, 15, 16 + 17 times Je 41, 2 K 25:23, 25 (𝔊L Ισραηλ!). 3. in Benj. 1 Ch 8:38; 9:44. 4. in Judah: a. 2 Ch 19:11. b. 23:1. 5. Jew with foreign wife Ezr 10:22, Σαμαηλ, A 𝔊L Ισμαηλ.