ISAAC

From the Hebreo name יִצְחָק (Yitzchaq) meaning he will laugh, he will rejoice, derived from צָחַק (tzachaq) meaning to laugh. The Old Testament explains this meaning, by recounting that Abraham laughed when God told him that his aged wife Sarah would become pregnant with Isaac (see Genesis 17:17). When Isaac was a boy, God tested Abrahams faith by ordering him to sacrifice his son, though an angel prevented the act at the last moment. Isaac went on to become the father of Esau and Jacob with his wife Rebecca.... [more]

“IE-zək (English)”