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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


Gentilic of [[ISHMAEL|I<small>SHMAEL</small>]]. An English rendering of the Semitic gentilic ending -''ī''.
I<small>SHMAELITE</small> is the gentilic of the [[Personal Name|PN]] [[ISHMAEL|I<small>SHMAEL</small>]]. In the Semitic languages, the gentilic ending is –''ī'', which is rendered into English as –''ite''. This gentilic occurs only in the plural in the Book of Mormon. There are two forms of the plural in the King James Bible, ''Ishmaelites'', from the Hebrew ישמעאלים ''yišmĕʿēʾlîm'', and ''sons of Ishmael'', בני ישמעאל ''bĕnê yišmāʿēʾl'', from the Hebrew. Either form could have been on a Hebrew vorlage.


For the etymology of this name see [[ISHMAEL|I<small>SHMAEL</small>]] above.  
For the etymology of this name see [[ISHMAEL|I<small>SHMAEL</small>]] above.  
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'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''


'''Deseret Alphabet:'''
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐆𐐟𐐣𐐈𐐇𐐢𐐌𐐓𐐝 (ɪʃmæɛlaɪts)


'''Notes'''
'''Notes'''
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[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite gentilic]]
[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite gentilic]]
<div style="text-align: center;"> [[ISHMAEL|<<]] Ishmaelites [[ISHMAELITISH|>>]] </div>
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Latest revision as of 23:41, 16 July 2023

Lehite gentilic 1. Descendants of ISHMAEL brought with LEHI from JERUSALEM (Jacob 1:13; Alma 47:35; 4 Nephi 1:38; Mormon 1:8, 9)

Etymology

ISHMAELITE is the gentilic of the PN ISHMAEL. In the Semitic languages, the gentilic ending is –ī, which is rendered into English as –ite. This gentilic occurs only in the plural in the Book of Mormon. There are two forms of the plural in the King James Bible, Ishmaelites, from the Hebrew ישמעאלים yišmĕʿēʾlîm, and sons of Ishmael, בני ישמעאל bĕnê yišmāʿēʾl, from the Hebrew. Either form could have been on a Hebrew vorlage.

For the etymology of this name see ISHMAEL above.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐆𐐟𐐣𐐈𐐇𐐢𐐌𐐓𐐝 (ɪʃmæɛlaɪts)

Notes


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