ISHMAEL
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Etymology
ISHMAEL, a PN and GN in the Book of Mormon, derives from the biblical PN ישמעאל yišmāʿēʾl,[1] “May God hear” or, as explained in Genesis 16:11, “God has heard.”
See Book of Mormon ISHMAELITES, ISHMAELITISH
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐆𐐟𐐣𐐈𐐇𐐢 (ɪʃmæɛl)
Notes
- ↑ Robert F. Smith “Some ‘Neologisms’ from the Mormon Canon,” 1973 Conference on the Language of the Mormons, May 31, 1973 (Provo: BYU Language Research Center, 1973), 65, online at https://www.scribd.com/document/363522963/SOME-NEOLOGISMS-FROM-THE-MORMON-CANON .
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