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Genesis 17:20
“And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3458 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites
- Derivation
- from H8085 (שָׁמַע) and H410 (אֵל); God will hear;
- KJV renderings
- Ishmael.
- Grammar
- וּֽ — conjunction
- לְ — preposition
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֘אל — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 48 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 16:11Genesis 16:15Genesis 16:16Genesis 17:18Genesis 17:23
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יִשְׁמָעֵאל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.