Genesis 21:3:6Gen.21.3.W6TAB
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-yal-da-LO sa-RA
- sentence
va-yik-RA av-ra-HAM et-shem-be-NO ha-no-lad-LO a-sher-yal-da-LO sa-RA yits-KHAK
Exegesis
The participle hanolad lo {הַנּוֹלַד־לוֹ | han-nô-lāḏ-lô} adjectives the son as “the one born to him,” and the relative clause asher yaldah lo Sarah {אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָה־לוֹ שָׂרָה | ʾă-šer-yā-lə-ḏāh-lô śā-rāh} specifies Sarah’s role. This double reference to paternal and maternal birth underscores legal descent and promise fulfillment.
In context — Genesis 21:3
Abraham named his son Isaac—the child born to him, the one Sarah bore for him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 21:3, 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.21.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.3.W6.S1) and character.