Ishmaelites

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biblical people tribal group

The Ishmaelites are a group in biblical and later traditions regarded as the descendants of Ishmael, often associated with nomadic tribes of the Arabian desert.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bedouin tribes	1
Bedouins	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical people ⓘ tribal group ⓘ
ancestralReligion	worship of the God of Abraham (in some traditions) ⓘ
associatedBiblicalEvent	sale of Joseph into slavery ⓘ
associatedWith	Midian ⓘ surface form: Midianites wilderness of Paran (in biblical tradition) ⓘ
biblicalEthnonymType	collective tribal designation ⓘ
culturalImage	desert-dwelling nomads ⓘ
describedAs	descendants of Ishmael ⓘ
economicActivity	long-distance trade ⓘ spice trade ⓘ transport of goods between Gilead and Egypt ⓘ
ethnographicAssociation	nomadic tribes of the Arabian desert ⓘ
genealogicalTradition	descended from Abraham through Ishmael ⓘ
geographicRegion	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Syrian Desert ⓘ surface form: Syro-Arabian desert
historicityStatus	partly legendary ethnogenesis group ⓘ
kinshipRelation	half-kin to Israelites through Abraham ⓘ
languageFamilyAssociation	Semitic peoples ⓘ
laterPerception	identified with early Arabs in Jewish and Christian writings ⓘ seen as progenitors of northern Arab tribes in some genealogies ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Genesis ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
namedAfter	Ishmael ⓘ
portrayedAs	caravan traders ⓘ
relationshipToIsrael	neighboring desert people ⓘ
religiousCategory	Abrahamic peoples ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
roleInGenesisNarrative	relatives of the Israelites ⓘ
scripturalRole	ancestors of various Arab tribes (in later tradition) ⓘ
sometimesEquatedWith	Midian ⓘ surface form: Midianites
sourceType	biblical tradition ⓘ post-biblical tradition ⓘ
timeFrame	patriarchal period (as portrayed in the Bible) ⓘ
traditionalAncestralFigure	Ishmael ⓘ
viewInIslamicTradition	linked to Arab ancestry through Ishmael ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abraham → consideredAncestorOf → Ishmaelites ⓘ

Syrian Desert → ethnicGroups → Ishmaelites ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bedouin tribes

Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Ishmaelites ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bedouins