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in reply to a message by Marija Luminitsa
According to Genesis 17:15, God changes her name from Sarai to Sara(h).
In the (Greek) Septuagint, the change is from SARA to SARRA.
Some scholars take this as an argument against the common theory, that both names have the same root.
I have never heard of the meaning "contentious," as this site claims (I can't find a similar word in my Hebrew dictionaries), but maybe this interpretation follows the same idea as what I read some place: SARAI is connected with Arabic "shara," sparkling, possibly referring to the eyes.
In the (Greek) Septuagint, the change is from SARA to SARRA.
Some scholars take this as an argument against the common theory, that both names have the same root.
I have never heard of the meaning "contentious," as this site claims (I can't find a similar word in my Hebrew dictionaries), but maybe this interpretation follows the same idea as what I read some place: SARAI is connected with Arabic "shara," sparkling, possibly referring to the eyes.
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Not according to the link you've provided.
"Possibly means 'contentious' in Hebrew. This was the name of Sarah in the Old Testament before God changed it (see Genesis 17:15)."
Andy said that, "In the (Greek) Septuagint, the change is from SARA to SARRA." He never mentions Sarai as being Greek. And even though I shouldn't be contradicting a native Greek speaker, Sarai means the exact same thing in Greek as it does in English. AND place names are pretty common now, so even if it's a place, it could easily still be a name.
"Possibly means 'contentious' in Hebrew. This was the name of Sarah in the Old Testament before God changed it (see Genesis 17:15)."
Andy said that, "In the (Greek) Septuagint, the change is from SARA to SARRA." He never mentions Sarai as being Greek. And even though I shouldn't be contradicting a native Greek speaker, Sarai means the exact same thing in Greek as it does in English. AND place names are pretty common now, so even if it's a place, it could easily still be a name.
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Yes but...
No one use Sara for name in Greece and when you tell someone Sarai in Greece he/she will understand Ali Pasa's Sarayi in Ioannina...You see in "Old" books always wrote the Greece *version*of the name cause those languages(Greek and Hebrew) were the *formal* language of the time…
No one use Sara for name in Greece and when you tell someone Sarai in Greece he/she will understand Ali Pasa's Sarayi in Ioannina...You see in "Old" books always wrote the Greece *version*of the name cause those languages(Greek and Hebrew) were the *formal* language of the time…
This message was edited 3/28/2008, 5:20 AM
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