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- Hebrew · derived fromיִשְׁמָעֵאל“God hears, God will hear”
- English todayIshmael
From Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yishma'él (yišmāʿēl), “God hears, God will hear”). Doublet of Ismail.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ishmael
Today it means: An outcast. Full definition →
Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל