Where does “إِسْمَاعِيل” come from?
إِسْمَاعِيل (Arabic) comes from Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל, from Hebrew יִשְׁמַע, from Hebrew אֵל, from Hebrew שמואל, from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל.
Ancestry of “إِسْمَاعِيل”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hebrew | יִשְׁמָעֵאל | God hears, God will hear |
| 2 | Hebrew | יִשְׁמַע | — |
| 3 | Hebrew | אֵל | a God; God, deity; god, God |
| 4 | Hebrew | שמואל | — |
| 5 | Hebrew | שְׁמוּאֵל | — |