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Definitions of ishmael in various dictionaries:
noun - (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac
noun - a person who is rejected (from society or home)
An outcast.
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| "Chief among these motives was the overwhelming idea of the great whale himself" |
| "Call him" the narrator of "Moby Dick" |
| "Moby Dick" |
| Had a whale of a time in 1851; Pequod problems; call him this narrator |
| This half brother of Isaac born of Abraham & Hagar was called "a wild man, his hand will be against every man" |
| At the end of "Moby Dick", this narrator is rescued by another whaling ship, the Rachel |
| His son by the handmaid Hagar, considered the father of the Arabs |
| "We enjoined upon Abraham and" this son "to keep our house immaculate" |
| The name of this biblical son of Abraham who was cast away after the birth of Isaac now means "outcast" |
| Sarah's handmaid bore Abraham this son & was told, "His hand will be against every man" |
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| (in the Bible) a son of Abraham and Hagar, his wife Sarah's maid, driven away with his mother after the birth of Isaac (Gen. 16:12). Ishmael (or Ismail) is also important in Islamic belief as the traditional ancestor of Muhammad and of the Arab peoples. |
| (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes |
| a person who is rejected (from society or home) |
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| Ishmael is a figure in the Tanakh and the Quran and was Abraham's first son according to Jews, Christians and Muslims. Ishmael was born to Abraham and Sarah's handmaiden Hagar (Hjar). (Genesis 16:3). According to the Genesis account, he died at the age of 137 (Genesis 25:17).The Book of Genesis and Islamic traditions consider Ishmael to be the ancestor of the Ishmaelites and patriarch of Qaydr. According to Muslim tradition, Ishmael the Patriarch and his mother Hagar are said to be buried next to the Kaaba in Mecca. |