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NASB					Gen 17:15 ¶ Then God⁴³⁰ said⁵⁵⁹ to Abraham⁸⁵, "As for Sarai⁸²⁹⁷ your wife⁸⁰², you shall not call⁷¹²¹ her name⁸⁰³⁴ Sarai⁸²⁹⁷, but ¹Sarah⁸²⁸³ shall be her name⁸⁰³⁴.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Gen 17:15 ¶ Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai (my princess), but her name will be Sarah (¹Princess).

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I.e. princess

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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The difference in the names can perhaps be seen in a comment made by the rabbis: "At first she became a princess to her own people, but later she became a princess to the entire world" (as quoted from the Talmud).

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Greek Heb.

Abraham (4d); from 1 and an unused word, see 87; "exalted father," the father of the Jewish nation:--Abraham(162), Abraham's(12).

430

elohim (43b); pl. of 433; God, god:--divine(1), divine being(1), exceedingly(1), God(2326), god(45), God's(14), goddess(2), godly(1), gods(204), great(2), judges(3), mighty(2), rulers(1), shrine*(1).

559

amar (55c); a prim. root; to utter, say:--address(1), advised(1), answer(2), answered(50), answers(1), ask(2), asked(4), asking(1), Asserting(1), assigned(1), call(2), called(4), command(1), commanded(14), commanded to say(1), commands(3), consider(1), continued(2), decided(2), declare*(1), declared(2), declared*(1), declares(1), demonstrates(1), designate(1), desired(1), follows(2), gave an order(2), gave the order(2), gave orders(2), indeed say(1), informed(1), intend(2), intended(1), intending(1), meditate(1), mentioned(1), name(1), namely(2), news(1), ordered(6), plainly says(1), promised(6), proposing(2), really thought(1), repeated*(1), replied*(1), requested(1), resolved(3), responded*(7), said(2766), said*(2), say(601), saying(862), saying*(1), says(594), sent word(1), speak(29), speak to you saying(1), speaking(2), speaks(2), specifically say(1), specified(1), spoke(77), spoken(15), still say(1), suppose(1), tell(23), telling(2), tells(1), think(1), thinking(2), thought(17), told(25), utters(1), vaunt(1).

802

ishshah (61a); from an unused word; woman, wife, female:--adulteress*(2), any woman(1), childbearing*(1), each(3), each one(1), each woman(1), every(1), everyone(1), female(3), girls*(1), harem*(5), harlot's*(2), harlot*(3), marriage(9), married(3), married*(6), marry*(3), none*(1), one(8), widow(7), wife(274), wife and his wives(2), wife and the wives(1), wife or a woman(1), wife's(8), wives(100), woman(203), woman of the wives(1), woman's(6), women(104), women as wives(1).

7121

qara (894d); a prim. root; to call, proclaim, read:--become(1), become famous(1), call(121), called(301), calling(11), calls(17), cried(24), cries(1), cry(19), crying(2), dictated*(1), famous*(1), gave(4), given(1), gives(1), grasps(1), guests(4), invite(6), invited(14), live(1), made a proclamation(1), make a proclamation(1), men of renown(1), mentioned(3), name*(4), named(12), named*(62), offer it terms(1), proclaim(28), proclaimed(17), proclaiming(3), proclaims(2), read(35), reading(2), reads(1), screamed(2), screamed*(1), shouted(1), spoken(1), sues(1), summon(6), summoned(14), summoning(1), summons(2).

8034

shem (1027d); of unc. der.; a name:--byword(1), defamed*(1), defames*(1), fame(8), famous(3), famous*(1), memorial(1), Name(3), name(654), name's(11), name*(4), named(7), named*(66), names(80), renown(6), renowned(1), report(1), repute(1), same names(1).

8283

Sarah (979a); from the same as 8269; "princess," a wife of Abraham:--Sarah(36), Sarah's(2).

8297

Saray (979c); from the same as 8269; a wife of Abram:--Sarai(16), Sarai's(1).

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