Hagar

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Pronunciations

Hagar (hah-GAR) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The Egyptian handmaiden to Sarah who conceived Ishmael with Abraham.

Example Sentences

  • "Historically Ishmael and Hagar were not portrayed in a positive light. And yet Hagar is one of the few people that God talks to, and God says that Ishmael will be blessed with a great nation." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • הָגָר 'lit. stranger'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

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