Ishmael
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From Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yishma'él (yišmāʿēl), “God hears, God will hear”).
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Ishmael
- (Abrahamic religions) 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 via the Ishmaelites.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 16:15, column 1:
- And Hagar bare Abram a ſonne: and Abram called his ſonnes name, which Hagar bare, Iſhmael.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Loomings”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 1:
- Call me Ishmael.
- (type) An outcast.
- 1932, Frank Richards [pen name], “Bunter's Night Out”, in The Magnet:
- His new friend was evidently a young Ishmael - his hand against every man and every man's hand against him.
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eldest son of Abraham
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male given name
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