Where does “ישמעאל” come from?

ישמעאל (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew אֵל, from Hebrew שמואל, from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל.

ישמעאל (Hebrew): the Muslim world, the Muslims

Definitions

  1. the Muslim world, the Muslims

Ancestry of “ישמעאל”, step by step

ישמעאל traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew אֵל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewאֵלa God; God, deity; god, God
2Hebrewשמואל—
3Hebrewשְׁמוּאֵל—

via Hebrew שמע

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewשמעaudio; to hear; to listen
2Proto-Semitic*šamaʕ-to hear, to listen
Every word from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל →Every word from Hebrew שמואל →Every word from Hebrew אֵל →