The name Ishmael consists of two elements. The first part comes from the verbשמע(shama'), meaning to hear: Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary שמע The verbשמע(shama') means to hear and may also mean to understand or obey. Nounשמע(shema...
Her jealous motherly love had quickened her sense of observation and her faculty of reading the character of children. We do not know exactly what the word used in the Hebrew for "mocking" really means. The Septuagint and the Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) render the ...
The name "Ishmael" means "God hears" in Hebrew, which is fitting given the context of this verse. Ishmael is the son of Abraham and Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian maidservant. His account is one of divine attention and care, even though he is not the child of the covenant. This phrase ...
These are the years of the life of Ishmael, 137 years; and he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people.Amplified BibleIshmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years; then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death]....
Genesis 16:11 Ishmael means God hears. Genesis 16:12 Or live to the east / of Genesis 16:13 Or seen the back of Genesis 16:14 Beer Lahai Roi means well of the Living One who sees me. New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©...
narratives state that Sarai was traded to two royals who compensated Abram with large amounts of wealth. Only a concubine was subjected to such treatment. Such humiliation was never visited upon a wife. In addition, the name Sarai (Sary in Hebrew and Saryh in Arabic) means concubine in ...
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This post is part of the Biblical peoples redux series: Descendents of Noah’s sons Shem, Japheth and Ham in Josephos and Pseudo-Philo (link) Ishmaelites (Arabians) inJubilees, Molon and Josephos (link) Edomites (Idumeans) in Josephos (link) ...
As they ate bread together there at Mizpah,Berean Standard BibleIn the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a ...
Why should he take your life, so that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered and the remnant of Judah perish?”Legacy Standard Bible Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah in Mizpah, saying, “Let me go and strike down Ishmael the son of Nethania...