This name is mostly being used as a girls name.

Sarah jewish name. The Hebrew name שרה listen and repeat Sarah or Sara in English appears prominently in the Torah portions of these weeks climaxing with the title of the portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world חיי שרה listen and repeat The Life of Sarah. Instead of being referred to as the daughter of her non-Jewish parents she is referred to as the daughter of Abraham and Sarah the parents of Judaism. Means lady princess noblewoman in Hebrew.

This last form in Greek preserves the ancient doubling of the r lost in the Hebrew and the English forms The former name appears to be derived from the same root as. What does Sarah mean in Hebrew. The name Sarah in the Bible Sarah formerly known as Sarai is the half-sister of Abraham Nahor and Haran same father.

Sara receives by divine command the name Sarah Sarah. שרה Sarah -- princess a wife of Abraham. Bible Strongs Hebrew 8283.

Sarah was the daughter of Haran one of Abraham s two brothers. Her name was originally Sarai but God changed it at the same. Princess a wife of Abraham.

She was barren until she unexpectedly became pregnant with Isaac at the age of 90. At the same time that G-d changed Abrams name to Abraham He also changed Sarais name meaning a chief governor or leader as a masculine form to Sarah which means Princess Her name change from Sarai to Sarah was also accomplished by the adding of a heh as a suffix. In the Old Testament this is the name of Abrahams wife considered the matriarch of the Jewish people.

The only exception to this rule is when an infant is converted as part of an adoption process. Sarah was the first matriarch and Abraham was the first patriarch father of our Jewish people. Genesis 2012 who becomes Abrahams wife.