' s ▁surface ▁(" as - s ā hi ra ") ", ▁and ▁an ▁old ▁tradition ▁interpre ts ▁this ▁term ▁as ▁the ▁proper ▁name ▁of ▁a ▁concrete ▁valley ▁or ▁plain , ▁identified ▁at ▁least ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁century ▁as ▁the ▁nearby ▁Kid ron ▁Valley . ▁The ▁other ▁meaning ▁of ▁" s ah ira ", ▁taken ▁as ▁a ▁verb , ▁is ▁" to ▁be ▁watch ful " ▁and ▁would ▁indicate ▁how ▁the ▁newly ▁res ur rect ed ▁would ▁look ▁around ▁waiting ▁for ▁the ▁events ▁to ▁follow . ▁The ▁name ▁" S ah ira ", ▁once ▁cor rupted ▁to ▁" Z ah ra ", ▁sometimes ▁rendered ▁as ▁" Z ah ara " ▁and ▁on ▁maps ▁from ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th - ear ly ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁as ▁" Z ah ira ( h )", ▁became ▁very ▁similar ▁to ▁an ▁Arab ic ▁word ▁for ▁flower ▁or ▁bl oss om , ▁z ah ra . ▁▁ ▁Sh a ' ar ▁Ha P rak him , ▁" Flow ers ▁Gate ", ▁is ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁gate . ▁Inter pre ted ▁as ▁a ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁Bab ▁az - Z ah ra , ▁explained ▁above , ▁it ▁would ▁seem ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁mis nom er . ▁However , ▁the ▁popular ▁et ym ology ▁of ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁name ▁connect s ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁stone ▁ro set te ▁which ▁decor ates ▁the ▁gate ▁tower . ▁ ▁History ▁This ▁mod est ▁gate , ▁which ▁opens ▁from ▁a ▁wall ▁tower