Sara (שרה) means Sarah in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שָׂרָה
sara
noun · feminine
In English
Sarah
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Sara.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שָׂרָי; הָאֵם הַעִבְרִיָּה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה מִבֵּין אַרְבַּע הָאִמָּהוֹת, וְהִיא אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָהָם, אֵם יִצְחָק וּבִתּוֹ שֶׁל הָרָן.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל אַבְרָהָם, שָׂרַי אִשְׁתְּךָ, לֹא תִקְרָא אֶת שְׁמָהּ שָׂרָי: כִּי שָׂרָה שְׁמָהּ
- 2שם פרטי לנקבה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Sara is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׂרָה
- Written without vowel points
- שרה
- Said
- sara
- Root
- ש־ר־ר
- Pattern
- קַטְלָה
- Gematria
- 505
This is how Sara is said in other languages.
- English
- Sarah
These words rhyme with Sara.
The word Sara is part of these phrases and sayings.
- חיי שרה
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Sara comes from the root ש־ר־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Sara in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sara.
What does Sara (שרה) mean in Hebrew?
Sara (שרה) means Sarah. It is said sara, with the stress on ra.
What rhymes with Sara (שרה)?
Words that rhyme with Sara (שרה) include צורה, תורה, מטרה, חברה, יצירה, and סירה.
Is Sara (שרה) masculine or feminine?
The word Sara (שרה) is a feminine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שרה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.