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Yishmeeli <a href="../hebrew/3460.htm" title="3460">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Yishmeeli: Ishmaelite</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">יִשְׁמָעֵאלִי</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Yishma`e'liy<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>yish-meh-ay-lee<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(yish-maw-ay-lee')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Ishmaelite<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a Jishmaelite<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from יִשְׁמָעֵאל (Yishmael), meaning "Ishmael"<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent for "Yishmeeli" in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific ethnic designation in the Hebrew Bible.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "Yishmeeli" refers to a descendant of Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar. In the Bible, Ishmaelites are often depicted as a nomadic people, known for their trading and caravan activities. The term is used to identify individuals or groups associated with Ishmael's lineage.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>Ishmael, the first son of Abraham, is considered the progenitor of the Ishmaelites. According to Genesis, Ishmael was born to Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian maidservant. The Ishmaelites are traditionally seen as a nomadic tribe inhabiting the regions of the Arabian Peninsula. They played a significant role in the trade routes of the ancient Near East, often engaging in commerce and trade. The Ishmaelites are also linked to the Midianites in certain biblical narratives, suggesting a close relationship or overlap between these groups.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/3458.htm">Yishmael</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>desc. of Ishmael<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Ishmaelite (2), Ishmaelites (6).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>adjective, of a people</b></font> of <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">יִשׁ</font> <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font>; — singular with article <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">הַיִשׁ</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/2-17.htm">1 Chronicles 2:17</a> + "" <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/17-25.htm">2 Samuel 17:25</a> (so read for. <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">הַיִּשְׂרָאֵלִ</font>, see Commentaries); <font class="hebrew2">הַיִּשְׁמְעֵלִי</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/27-30.htm">1 Chronicles 27:30</a>; plural <font class="hebrew2">(הַ)יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים</font> <em>Ishmaelites</em> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/37-25.htm">Genesis 37:25,27</a>; <a href="/interlinear/genesis/35-28.htm">Genesis 35:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/genesis/39-1.htm">Genesis 39:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/judges/8-24.htm">Judges 8:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/83-7.htm">Psalm 83:7</a>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Ishmaelite <p>Patronymically from <a href="/hebrew/3458.htm">Yishma'e'l</a>; a Jishmaelite or descendant of Jishmael -- Ishmaelite. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/3458.htm">Yishma'e'l</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִֽי׃ הַיִּשְׁמְעֵלִ֑י הישמעאלי׃ הישמעאלים הישמעלי וְיִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים וישמעאלים יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים ישמעאלים לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים לישמעאלים haiyishmeeLi haiyishmeeLim hay·yiš·mə·‘ê·lî hay·yiš·mə·‘ê·lîm hayyišmə‘êlî hayyišmə‘êlîm laiyishmeeLim lay·yiš·mə·‘ê·lîm layyišmə‘êlîm veyishmeeLim wə·yiš·mə·‘ê·lîm wəyišmə‘êlîm yiš·mə·‘ê·lîm yishmeeLim yišmə‘êlîm<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/37-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 37:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/37.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהִנֵּה֙ אֹרְחַ֣ת <b> יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים </b> בָּאָ֖ה מִגִּלְעָ֑ד</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/37.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a caravan <span class="itali">of Ishmaelites</span> was coming<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/37.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and, behold, a company <span class="itali">of Ishmeelites</span> came<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/37-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> behold A caravan <span class="itali">of Ishmaelites</span> was coming Gilead<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/37-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 37:27</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/37.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לְכ֞וּ וְנִמְכְּרֶ֣נּוּ <b> לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים </b> וְיָדֵ֙נוּ֙ אַל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/37.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and let us sell <span class="itali">him to the Ishmaelites</span> and not lay<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/37.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and let us sell <span class="itali">him to the Ishmeelites,</span> and let not our hand<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/37-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Come sell <span class="itali">to the Ishmaelites</span> our hands and not<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/37-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 37:28</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/37.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶת־ יוֹסֵ֛ף <b> לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים </b> בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים כָּ֑סֶף</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/37.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and sold <span class="itali">him to the Ishmaelites</span> for twenty<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/37.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Joseph <span class="itali">to the Ishmeelites</span> for twenty<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/37-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and sold Joseph <span class="itali">to the Ishmaelites</span> twenty silver<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/39-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 39:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/39.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִצְרִ֔י מִיַּד֙ <b> הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים </b> אֲשֶׁ֥ר הוֹרִדֻ֖הוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/39.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> bought <span class="itali">him from the Ishmaelites,</span> who<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/39.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> him of the hands <span class="itali">of the Ishmeelites,</span> which had brought him down<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/39-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Egyptian of the hands <span class="itali">the Ishmaelites</span> who down<p><b><a href="/text/judges/8-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 8:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לָהֶ֔ם כִּ֥י <b> יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים </b> הֵֽם׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> because <span class="itali">they were Ishmaelites.)</span><br><a href="/kjvs/judges/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> earrings, <span class="itali">because they [were] Ishmaelites.)</span><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/8-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> had gold because <span class="itali">Ishmaelite</span> They<p><b><a href="/text/1_chronicles/2-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Chronicles 2:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֲמָשָׂ֔א יֶ֖תֶר <b> הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִֽי׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_chronicles/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Amasa was Jether <span class="itali">the Ishmaelite.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_chronicles/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Amasa [was] Jether <span class="itali">the Ishmeelite.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/2-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of Amasa was Jether <span class="itali">the Ishmaelite</span><p><b><a href="/text/1_chronicles/27-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Chronicles 27:30</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/27.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַ֨גְּמַלִּ֔ים אוֹבִ֖יל <b> הַיִּשְׁמְעֵלִ֑י </b> וְעַל־ הָ֣אֲתֹנ֔וֹת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_chronicles/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Obil <span class="itali">the Ishmaelite</span> had charge<br><a href="/kjvs/1_chronicles/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> also [was] Obil <span class="itali">the Ishmaelite:</span> and over the asses<br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/27-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the camels Obil <span class="itali">the Ishmaelite</span> had charge of the donkeys<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/83-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 83:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/83.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אָהֳלֵ֣י אֱ֭דוֹם <b> וְיִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים </b> מוֹאָ֥ב וְהַגְרִֽים׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/83.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Edom <span class="itali">and the Ishmaelites,</span> Moab<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/83.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Edom, <span class="itali">and the Ishmaelites;</span> of Moab,<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/83-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the tents of Edom <span class="itali">and the Ishmaelites</span> Moab and the Hagrites<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3459.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3459.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3459<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/haiyishmeeli_3459.htm">hay·yiš·mə·‘ê·lî — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/haiyishmeelim_3459.htm">hay·yiš·mə·‘ê·lîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/laiyishmeelim_3459.htm">lay·yiš·mə·‘ê·lîm — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/veyishmeelim_3459.htm">wə·yiš·mə·‘ê·lîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yishmeelim_3459.htm">yiš·mə·‘ê·lîm — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br 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