יִשְׁמָעֵאלִי
Yishmâʻêʼlîy · yish-maw-ay-lee'
a Jishmaelite or descendant of Jishmael
Lexicon
Derivation: patronymically from H3458 (יִשְׁמָעֵאל);
a Jishmaelite or descendant of Jishmael
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ishmaelite.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
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
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 of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יִשְׁמָעֵאלִי 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of ishmeelites1 · 13%
- him to the ishmeelites1 · 13%
- to the ishmeelites1 · 13%
- of the ishmeelites1 · 13%
- because they were ishmaelites1 · 13%
- the ishmeelite1 · 13%
- the ishmaelite1 · 13%
- and the ishmaelites1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.