H3458

יִשְׁמָעֵאל

Yishmâʻêʼl · yish-maw-ale'

Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites

Lexicon

Derivation: from H8085 (שָׁמַע) and H410 (אֵל); God will hear;

Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Ishmael.

Letters

יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
Concrete
hand · arm · work
Extended
a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
עAyin70
Picture: an eye
Concrete
eye · spring of water
Extended
to see · to know · experience · to watch
אAlef1
Picture: ox head
Concrete
ox · bull · cattle
Extended
strength · leader · first · the one in front
לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
Concrete
staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
Extended
authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads

The hand that works that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יִשְׁמָעֵאל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

48 occurrences · 48 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

ishmael10 · 21%
and ishmael10 · 21%
of ishmael10 · 21%
that ishmael5 · 10%
unto ishmael2 · 4%
even ishmael2 · 4%
and as for ishmael1 · 2%
ishmael's1 · 2%
wherein ishmael1 · 2%
then ishmael1 · 2%
with ishmael1 · 2%
which were with ishmael1 · 2%
but ishmael1 · 2%
from ishmael1 · 2%
of them, because ishmael1 · 2%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל9יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל6וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל6יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙5יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל4יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אל3יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ ס2יִשְׁמָעֵ֤אל2יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃2יִשְׁמָעֵ֥אל1יִשְׁמָעֵ֜אל1וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.