Isma'il

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  • Arabic
Arabic form of ISHMAEL.

ISHMAEL   male   Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִשְׁמָעֵאל (Yishma'el) meaning "God will hear". In the Old Testament this is the name of a son of Abraham. He is the traditional ancestor of the Arab people. Also in the Old Testament, it is borne by a man who assassinates Gedaliah the governor of Judah. The author Herman Melville later used this name for the narrator in his novel 'Moby-Dick' (1851).
EQUIVALENTS
ARABIC: Esmail, Ismail
BIBLICAL GREEK: Ismael
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Yishma'el
BIBLICAL LATIN: Ismahel
BIBLICAL: Ishmael
FINNISH: Ismo
PERSIAN: Esmail
SPANISH: Ismael
TURKISH: İsmail
UYGHUR: Ismail