yis.r.e.li identifies a man by Ishmaelite affiliation in the two attested clauses.

The attested use is a masculine singular gentilic identifying men by Ishmaelite affiliation: Ithra in 2 Samuel 17:25 and the father in the description of a woman’s son in Leviticus 24:10.

1. Gentilic identification of a man · dominant

   In 2 Samuel 17:25, the masculine singular gentilic identifies Ithra in the clause naming Amasa’s father; the APB renders the description as “Ithra the Ishmaelite.” In Leviticus 24:10, the same form occurs in the description of the woman’s son and his father; the APB renders the father as “an Egyptian man,” so the specific contribution of the term is not clearly isolated in that translation.

   2 Samuel 17:25Leviticus 24:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly renders Ithra as “the Ishmaelite” in 2 Samuel 17:25. In Leviticus 24:10 it instead describes the father as “an Egyptian man”; Its rendering of this term there is unclear.