yish.ma.e.li identifies people as Ishmaelites, whether a group or an individual described by that affiliation.

The term marks Ishmaelites as a people-group in accounts of a caravan and the transfer of Joseph, and it also identifies individual men by that affiliation.

1. Identification as an Ishmaelite · dominant

   Plural forms identify a caravan in Genesis 37:25 and those to whom Joseph is sold in Genesis 37:27; in Genesis 39:1 the APB renders the clause about those who brought Joseph to Egypt. The same designation is applied to an identified group in Judges 8:24, while singular forms identify Jether in 1 Chronicles 2:17 and Obil in 1 Chronicles 27:30.

   Genesis 37:25Genesis 37:27Genesis 37:28Genesis 39:1Judges 8:241 Chronicles 2:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited clauses, the APB generally presents the term as “Ishmaelites” or “the Ishmaelite.” Psalm 83:7 does not visibly isolate a corresponding English rendering.