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title: שָׂרָה — Sarah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂרָה (8283), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: Sarah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂרָה

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«שָׂרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sarah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 38 times · **Key:** 8283 · **BDB:** שָׂרָה⁴

### Glosses

Sarah (29); of.Sarah (5); \[is\].Sarah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sarah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8283/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8283/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. wife of Abraham (princess);—Σαρρα: Gn 17:15 (where formal change from שָׂרַי), v 17, 19, 21; 21:1b, 3; 23:1(×2), 2(×2), 19; 25:10, 12; 49:31 (all P), 18:6 + 9 times 18, 21:1a, 2a; 24:36, 67 (all J), 20:2(×2), 14, 16, 18; 21:6, 7, 9, 12 (all E); an ancestress of Hebrews Is 51:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (19 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8283/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 21:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.9/)

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וַתֵּ֨רֶא שָׂרָ֜ה אֶֽת־בֶּן־הָגָ֧ר הַמִּצְרִ֛ית אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָ֥ה לְאַבְרָהָ֖ם מְצַחֵֽק׃

*Word for word:* and she.saw Sarah (et) the.son of.Hagar the Egyptian whom she.had.borne to Abraham mocking

*JPS 1917:* And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport.

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[Genesis 18:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.9/)

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וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵׄלָׄ֔יׄוׄאַיֵּ֖ה שָׂרָ֣ה אִשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הִנֵּ֥ה בָאֹֽהֶל׃

*Word for word:* and they.said to him where? \[is\].Sarah wife your and he.said there! in the tent

*JPS 1917:* And they said unto him: 'Where is Sarah thy wife?' And he said: 'Behold, in the tent.'

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