ishma el

Definition

Ishmael, Ismail (eldest son of Abraham and his wife's handmaiden Hagar who were cast out after the birth of Isaac; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs via the Ishmaelites); (Islam, Judaism, Christianity) Ishmael, Ismail (eldest son of Abraham and his wife's handmaiden Hagar who were cast out after the birth of Isaac; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs via the Ishmaelites); a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Ishmael or Ismail; a surname transferred from the given name