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yišmaʿyāhū יִשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ ‘Ishmaiah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from šāmaʿ שָׁמַע ‘to hear’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: שׁמע יה

yišmaʿyāhū pr n m pers
Ishmaiah = "Jehovah will hear"
1) a Gibeonite and one of David's mighty warriors
2) a son of Obadiah and the ruler of the tribe of Zebulun in the time of king David

Mentioned in 1 Chronicles 27:19, 12:4

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