Isaac Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Etymology== The [[anglicized]] name "Isaac" is a transliteration of the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] name {{lang|hbo|{{Script/Hebrew|יִצְחָק}}}} ({{transliteration|hbo|Yīṣḥāq}}) which literally means "He laughs/will laugh". [[Ugaritic language|Ugaritic]] texts dating from the 13th century BCE refer to the benevolent smile of the [[Canaanite religion|Canaanite]] deity [[El (deity)|El]].<ref name="EoR-Isaac"/> The [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] ascribes the laughter to Isaac's parents, [[Abraham]] and [[Sarah]], instead. According to the biblical narrative, Abraham fell on his face and laughed when God (Hebrew, {{transliteration|hbo|[[Elohim]]}}) imparted the news of their son's eventual birth. He laughed because Sarah was past the age of childbearing; both she and Abraham were advanced in age. Later, when Sarah overheard three messengers of the Lord renew the promise, she laughed inwardly for the same reason. Sarah denied laughing when God questioned Abraham about it.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Singer |first1=Isidore |author-link=Isidore Singer |last2=Broydé |first2=Isaac |author-link2=Isaac Broydé |chapter=Isaac |chapter-url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=174&letter=I&search=Isaac |editor1-last=Singe |editor1-first=Isidore |editor1-link=Isidore Singer |editor2-last=Adler |editor2-first=Cyrus |editor2-link=Cyrus Adler |display-editors=etal |title=[[The Jewish Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[Funk & Wagnalls]] |location=New York |year=1901–1906}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hirsch |first1=Emil G. |author1-link=Emil G. Hirsch |last2=Bacher |first2=Wilhelm |author-link2=Wilhelm Bacher |last3=Lauterbach |first3=Jacob Zallel |author-link3=Jacob Zallel Lauterbach |last4=Jacobs |first4=Joseph |author-link4=Joseph Jacobs |last5=Montgomery |first5=Mary W. |chapter=Sarah (Sarai) |chapter-url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=245&letter=S&search=sarah |editor1-last=Singer |editor1-first=Isidore |editor1-link=Isidore Singer |editor2-last=Adler |editor2-first=Cyrus |editor2-link=Cyrus Adler |display-editors=etal |title=The Jewish Encyclopedia |publisher=Funk & Wagnalls |location=New York |year=1901–1906}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page