The story
- Hebrew · derived fromבַּת שֶׁבַע“daughter of an oath”
- Latin · derived fromBathsabee
- Middle English · inherited fromBarsabe
- English todayBarsabe
From Middle English Barsabe, from Latin Bathsabee in Jerome’s Vulgate, which is from Hebrew בַּת שֶׁבַע (bat shéva', “daughter of an oath”), from בַּת (bát, “daughter”) + שֶׁבַע (shéva, “oath”).
Words from the same roots
Hebrewבַּת שֶׁבַע all →
Bathsheba
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.