Where does “الإسماعيلية” come from?
الإسماعيلية (Arabic) comes from Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل, from Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל, from Hebrew יִשְׁמַע, from Hebrew אֵל, from Hebrew שמואל, from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל.
Ancestry of “الإسماعيلية”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | إِسْمَاعِيل | — |
| 2 | Hebrew | יִשְׁמָעֵאל | God hears, God will hear |
| 3 | Hebrew | יִשְׁמַע | — |
| 4 | Hebrew | אֵל | a God; God, deity; god, God |
| 5 | Hebrew | שמואל | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | שְׁמוּאֵל | — |