إسماعيل

See also: اسماعیل

Arabic

Etymology

From Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yishma'él, yišmāʿēl), from יִשְׁמַע אֵל (yishmá' 'él, yišmaʿ ʾēl, God heard).

Proper noun

إِسْمَاعِيل (ʾismāʿīl) m

  1. (Islam, Judaism, Christianity) Ishmael, Ismail
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:127:
      وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَهِۦمُ ٱلْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّآۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
      wa-ʾiḏ yarfaʿu ʾibrāhīmu l-qawāʿida mina l-bayti wa-ʾismāʿīlu rabbanā taqabbal minnā ʾinnaka ʾanta s-samiʿu l-ʿalīmu
      And [mention] when Abraham was raising the foundations of the House and [with him] Ishmael, [saying], "Our Lord, accept [this] from us. Indeed You are the Hearing, the Knowing.
  2. A male given name

Declension

Descendants

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