Abraham is 99 years old and Sarah is 90.
Meaning of name sarai and sarah. Name means mother of nations princess or noble lady click here for the original Hebrew word. Sarai is a variant transcription of the name Sarah English French German Hebrew and. Originally named Sarai which means my princess her named was changed to Sarah meaning princess after a covenant with God.
The meaning of Sarai is Argumentative and quarrelsome. Its feminine form שרה sara denotes a princess noble lady or perhaps a ruling class collectively. Kass supports this translation in The Beginning of Wisdom.
She was earlier known as Sarai but God gave her the more well-meaning name Sarah princess lady before her sons birth. 1 In Genesis 1715 the woman who up to that time has been known as Sarai Saray. Both have Terah as their father or grandfather and later became the parents of Isaac.
The name was borne in the Bible by the mother of Isaac and wife of Abraham. The name she chose thereafter Sarai literally means my princess With this name change she decided to go from being Yiscah to Sarai taking herself from being seen by all to having the more private and elevated quality of royalty. The denominative verb שרר sarar means to be a chief.
Noun שרירות sherirut describes firmness in a negative sense. The other debatable meaning could be that Sarai comes from the Hebrew word for contentious quarrelsome Why would this make sense. Keep in mind that many names may have different meanings in other countries and languages so be careful that the name that you choose doesnt mean something bad or unpleasant.
A biblical name it is derived literally from the word sarai which is of the meaning contentious quarrelsome. Sara receives by divine command the name Sarah Sarah. What does Sarah mean in Hebrew.