Ishmael

• Ismahel (obsolete)
• Ismael (obsolete)

From Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yishma'él (yišmāʿēl), “God hears, God will hear”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪʃ.meɪ.əl/, /ˈɪʃ.meɪl/

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Ishmael

1. (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.

2. 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.

• Ismail

Ishmael (plural Ishmaels)

1. 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.

• Melisha, misheal