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Alternative spellings
Ismail
Etymology
From Hebr. �ִשְ��ָעֵ�� (Ishmail), meaning: "God hears or obeys". Standard Yišmaʿel, Tiberian Yišm�ʿêl; Arabic: ARchar|إس�اع��, (Ism�'īl).
Proper noun
en-proper noun|-
- context|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.
- given name|male|.
Quotations
1611 � w:King James Version of the Bible|King James Version of the Bible, s:Bible (King James)/Genesis|Genesis 16:15
1851 � w:Herman Melville|Herman Melville, s:Moby-Dick|Moby-Dick, ch 1
Translations
trans-top|eldest son of Abraham
Arabic: ARchar|إس�اع�� (Ism�'īl)
Catalan: Ismael
Dutch: Ismaël
Finnish: Ismail
French: Ismaël
German: Ismael
Greek:
Hebrew: �ש�ע��|�ִשְ��ָעֵ�� (Yišmaʿel)
Italian: Ismaele
trans-mid
Latin: Ismahel
Spanish: Ismael
Swedish: Ismael
Turkish: Ä°smail
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Category:Biblical characters
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