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Genesis 16:1

וְ שָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם לֹא יָלְדָה לֹו וְ לָהּ שִׁפְחָה מִצְרִית וּ שְׁמָהּ הָגָר

And Noble-Lady, woman of Raised-Father, has not borne to him, and she has a slavewoman, an Egyptian, and her name is Hagar.592


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According to Gesenius and Strong Hagar means ‘flight’ as in to flee.