Sarai

…This name is thought to have meant “the father is exalted,” but in the tradition, it is interpreted and interpreted as “the father of many nations” in terms of folk etymology. According to the description in Genesis, Abraham’s father’s family left the Chaldean city of Ur, which is identified with the lower reaches of the Euphrates River, and moved to the city of Haran in northern Syria, where Abraham received a command from God to leave his relatives and arrive in Canaan, the land shown to him by God, with his wife Sarai (later renamed Sarah) and his nephew Lot, who accompanied him. After separating their living area from Lot in this land, Abraham’s family lived near Hebron, but suffered many hardships, such as descending to Egypt to escape a famine. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Sarai" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…この名は〈父は高められる〉を意味したと思われるが，伝承では民間語源的に〈多くの国民の父〉と解され，また意味づけられている。《創世記》の叙述に従えば，アブラハムの父の一家は，ユーフラテス川下流域に比定されるカルデアの町ウルを出て，シリア北部の町ハランに移動し，アブラハムは神の命令を受けてその町で親族と別れ，妻サライSarai(後にサラSarahと改名)および彼に同行した甥のロトとともに神の示す地カナンに着いた。この地でロトと生活圏を分けた後，アブラハム一家はヘブロン付近で過ごしたが，飢饉のためにエジプトに下って難を逃れるなどの苦労を重ねた。…

※「Sarai」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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