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	—