This masculine noun refers to a skilled archer or bowman, appearing once in the description of Ishmael's development in Genesis 21:20. The text says 'he became a bowman' after growing up in the wilderness, highlighting archery as both a survival skill and a defining characteristic of desert peoples. Scholarly discussion centers on whether the Hebrew text should be emended to match a form found in Jeremiah 4:29, but the general sense of expertise with the bow remains clear. For Ishmael, growing up in the Paran wilderness, mastery of archery would have been essential for hunting and protection.