יִשְׁמָעֵאלYishmâʻêʼl

Meanings

Same root

• שָׁמַעshâmaʻ · H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
• אֵלʼêl · H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
• יִשְׁמָעֵאלִיYishmâʻêʼlîy · H3459a Jishmaelite or descendant of Jishmael

Where it appears

Appears 48 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 16:11 And the angel also said, “You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael (which means ‘God hears’), for the Lord has heard your cry of distress.
• Genesis 16:15 So Hagar gave Abram a son, and Abram named him Ishmael.
• Genesis 16:16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Ishmael was born.
• Genesis 17:18 So Abraham said to God, “May Ishmael live under your special blessing!”
• Genesis 17:20 As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will make him extremely fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
• Genesis 17:23 On that very day Abraham took his son, Ishmael, and every male in his household, including those born there and those he had bought. Then he circumcised them, cutting off their foreskins, just as God had told him.