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Ishmael

[ ish-mee-uhl, -mey- ]

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the son of Abraham and Hagar: both he and Hagar were cast out of Abraham's family by Sarah.
  2. any outcast.


Ishmael

/ ˈɪʃ³¾±ðɪə±ô /

noun

  1. the son of Abraham and Hagar, Sarah's handmaid: the ancestor of 12 Arabian tribes (Genesis 21:8–21; 25:12–18)
  2. a bandit chieftain, who defied the Babylonian conquerors of Judah and assassinated the governor appointed by Nebuchadnezzar (II Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 40:13–41:18)
  3. rare.
    an outcast
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Origin of Ishmael1

From Hebrew ³Û¾±²õ³ó³¾Äåʿŧ±ô “God will hearâ€
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Mohamed Ishmael, another Mamoudzou resident, told Reuters news agency the situation there was "a tragedy" and said: "You feel like you are in the aftermath of a nuclear war… I saw an entire neighbourhood disappear."

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Ishmael found that people online begged for a Victoria's Secret Fashion show of times past that included very harmful narratives about women's bodies.

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Ishmael Daro, an editor at Democracy Now!, made a tongue-in-cheek prediction that the reaction from the U.S. political establishment would be similar this time.

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Chokurongerwa, who called himself the Prophet Ishmael, was arrested together with seven of his aides “for criminal activities which include abuse of minors.â€

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The period was when “Harlem became the symbol for the international black city,†as the novelist Ishmael Reed described it.

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