- Original: ישׁמעאלי - Transliteration: Yishma`e'liy - Phonetic: yish-maw-ay-lee' - Definition: Ishmaelite = see Ishmael God will hear 1. a descendant of Ishmael - Origin: patronymically from H3458 - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: A primitive root; to lie waste: - be desolate. - Strong's: Patronymic from H3458 ; a Jishmaelite or descendant of Jishmael: - Ishmaelite. Total KJV Occurrences: 7 • Ishmaelite, 1 1 Chronicles 2:17 • Ishmaelites, 6 Genesis 37:25; Genesis 37:27; Genesis 37:28; Genesis 39:1; Judges 8:24; Psalm 83:6