Etymology

Hagar

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Today it means: The Egyptian concubine of Abraham, mother of Ishmael. Full definition →

Hebrew הָגָר
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The story

  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromהָגָר“stranger”
  2. English todayHagar

From Hebrew הָגָר (Hagar, “stranger”). Compare Arabic هَاجَر (hājar), Tiberian Hebrew הָגָר (Hāḡār).

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