Lexical Definition

‎שָׂרַי‎ Sâray (saw-rah'-ee) Sarai ^N:N-F-P
from ‎שַׂר‎; dominative

Sarai.

• § Sarai = "princess"
• Sarai, the wife of Abraham

1) original name of Sarah the wife of Abram or Abraham

Extended Information

name of: שָׂרָה

• A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.29
• daughter of: Terah (תֶּרַח)
• sister of: Abraham (אַבְרָהָם), Nahor (נָחוֹר) and Haran (הָרָן); married to Abraham (אַבְרָהָם)
• mother of: Isaac (יִצְחָק); also called Sarai at Gen.11.29, 30, 31 12.5, 11, 17 16.1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 17.15
• Another name of sa.rah (‎ש‎ָׂ‎ר‎ָ‎ה‎ "Sarah" שָׂרָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׂרַי‎ proper name, feminine wife of Abram (Nö^{ZMG xiii (1888). 484} Ges^{«GKC:80l»§ 80l} Kö^{ii. 1. 427 make} = foregoing, with old feminine ending ‎ַ י‎; > Lag^{BN 92, Anm. *, emphasizing different} in ᵐ5, derived from a √ , and compare , name of a barren mountain; compare RS ‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ above, below I. ‎שׂרה‎); — ᵐ5 Σαρα; — Gen 11:30 (J), vGen 11:31 (P), Gen 12:5; Gen 12:11; Gen 12:17; Gen 16:1; Gen 16:2; Gen 16:3; Gen 16:5; Gen 16:6 (twice in verse); Gen 16:8 (twice in verse) (all J), Gen 17:15 (P); ‎שָׂרָ֑י‎ Gen 11:29 (J), Gen 16:2 (J), Gen 17:15 (P). ‎שָׂשׂוֺן‎, ‎שָׂשׂן‎ see ‎שׂוֺשׂ‎. ‎שֵׂת‎ see ‎שְׂאֵת‎ below ‎נשׂא‎ p.673a.

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