Yishmâʻêʼlîy — H3459
H3459 · Hebrew — ישמעאלי
Pronunciation: yish-maw-ay-lee'
Definition
adjective
a Jishmaelite or descendant of Jishmael
- Ishmaelite = see Ishmael "God will hear"
- a descendant of Ishmael
Usually translated as
Ishmaelite
Origin
patronymically from H3458
Occurrences
Yishmâʻêʼlîy occurs 7 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Judges (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1)
- Genesis 37:25 — And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of (יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים) Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
- Genesis 37:27 — Come, and let us sell him (לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים) to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
- Genesis 37:28 — Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to (לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים) the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
- Genesis 39:1 — And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of (הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים) the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
- Judges 8:24 — And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites (יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים).)
- 1 Chronicles 2:17 — And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the (הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִֽי) Ishmeelite.
- Psalms 83:6 — The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites (וְיִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים); of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
Strong's Lexicon — Y