Ishmaiah
yish.ma.yah is used as a personal name in lists identifying a Gibeonite warrior and a leader for Zebulun.
The attested forms function as a personal name in two identifying notices: one names a Gibeonite among the mighty men, and the other names Obadiah's son in connection with Zebulun.
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Personal name in identifying lists · dominant
Both forms are tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Chronicles 12:4 the APB renders "Ishmaiah the Gibeonite" among a list of named men and calls him "a mighty man among the thirty"; in 1 Chronicles 27:19 it renders "Ishmaiah son of Obadiah" in the notice for Zebulun.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as "Ishmaiah" in both verses, adding identifying descriptions: "the Gibeonite" in 1 Chronicles 12:4 and "son of Obadiah" in 1 Chronicles 27:19. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.