Genesis 21:12:12Gen.21.12.W12TAB
שָׂרָ֖ה
sara
“Sarah”
- Transliteration
- sa-RA
- Extended
- sah-RAA
- IPA
- /saː.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sarah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-RA
- clause
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM el-av-ra-HAM al-ye-RA be-ei-NE-kha al-ha-NA-ar ve-al-a-ma-TE-kha KOL a-SHER to-MAR e-LE-kha sa-RA she-MA be-ko-LAH
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-lo-HIM el-av-ra-HAM al-ye-RA be-ei-NE-kha al-ha-NA-ar ve-al-a-ma-TE-kha KOL a-SHER to-MAR e-LE-kha sa-RA she-MA be-ko-LAH KI ve-yits-KHAK yik-ka-RE le-KHA ZA-ra
Exegesis
The relative clause kol asher tomar eleikha Sarah {כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמַר אֵלֶיךָ שָׂרָה} places Sarah’s instructions at the center.
In context — Genesis 21:12
And God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your eyes concerning the boy or your slave woman. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for in Isaac your offspring shall be called.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 21:12, so the Hebrew word שָׂרָ֖ה (sara) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.21.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.12.W12.S1) and character.