Word Study · Strong's H3459 · Hebrew
יִשְׁמָעֵאלִי
Yishmaeli
yish-maw-ay-lee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Yishmâʻêʼlîy
“a Jishmaelite or descendant of Jishmael”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Jishmaelite or descendant of Jishmael
Rendered in the KJV as
Ishmaelite.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִֽי׃1
- הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים1
- הַיִּשְׁמְעֵלִ֑י1
- וְיִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים1
- יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים1
- יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים1
- לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים1
- לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים1
How it is rendered · 6
- the Ishmaelite2
- to the Ishmaelites2
- [were] Ishmaelites1
- and [the] Ishmaelites1
- Ishmaelites1
- the Ishmaelites1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- gentilic noun (a people)2
- preposition with the article + gentilic noun (a people)2
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
- conjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNgmpa · 2
- HRd/Ngmpa · 2
- HTd/Ngmsa · 2
- HC/Ngmpa · 1
- HTd/Ngmpa · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 37:25יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔יםyishmeelimgentilic noun (a people)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.here: Ishmaelites
- Genesis 37:27לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗יםlaiyishmeelimpreposition with the article + gentilic noun (a people)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.here: to the Ishmaelites
- Genesis 37:28לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖יםlaiyishmeelimpreposition with the article + gentilic noun (a people)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.here: to the Ishmaelites
- Genesis 39:1הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔יםhaiyishmeelimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.here: the Ishmaelites
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:17הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִֽי׃haiyishmeelithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.here: the Ishmaelite
- 1 Chronicles 27:30הַיִּשְׁמְעֵלִ֑יhaiyishmeelithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.here: the Ishmaelite