Sarah died in Kiryas Arba, which is Chevron, in the land of Kanaan, and Avraham came to eulogize Sarah and to weep for her
It is written in this week's parsha “Sarah died in Kiryas Arba, which is Chevron, in the land of Kanaan, and Avraham came to eulogize Sarah and to weep for her.”
Zera Shimshon asks, it seems the word, "Sarah" in the phrase; “to eulogize Sarah and to weep for her” is out of place. It would have been better if it was written; to eulogize and to weep for Sarah, and not to write, Sarah right after “to eulogize” and before “to weep” since both eulogizing and weeping were done regarding Sarah.
A second question is, normally, a person cries when he hears a loved one passed away, and after that, at the time of burial, they eulogize. Why then does the possuk mention that Avraham eulogized Sarah before he wept for her?
Zera Shimshon answers the second question; when the Torah mentioned that Avraham cried, it is not referring to the initial tears Avraham shed when he heard the sad news that Sarah passed away. There is no reason for the Torah to speak of these tears because it doesn't show us that Sarah was very special. All husbands weep for their wives even if she is not as praiseworthy as Sarah.
Rather, the Torah is speaking about the tears Avraham shed AFTER the seven days of eulogizing Sarah. When most people would be beginning to get back to normal living, Avraham still cried when he remembered Sarah's exceptional great deeds and yiras shamayim that she had when running his house.
The Torah therefore wrote Sarah between the phrases, “to eulogize”, and "to weep for her" to separate the time of the eulogy from the time of the tears, in order to allude to the fact that the tears were not a result of the eulogy, but they came because Avraham remembered how great Sarah was.
Zera Shimshon gives another answer why Sarah is mentioned directly after the phrase, and Avraham came to eulogize, and not at the end of the possuk based on an answer to another question. In the beginning of the possuk Sarah's name is mentioned, “Sarah died in Kiryas Arba, which is Chevron.." so why is she referred to in the next phrase by her name; to eulogize SARAH and not simply with the pronoun, her, "to eulogize HER.."?
Zera Shimshon answers that there are two reasons why a woman receives praise. The simple reason is that she performs praiseworthy and virtuous acts. However there is also another reason. Even if she is not special, she will receive praise if her husband is praiseworthy.
A proof to this is that the Gemara paskens that when a woman marries a man, she 'ascends with him'. This means that if her future husband is of a higher social status than she is, after they get married he must treat her as equal status to him. The Torah therefore writes Sarah’s name explicitly to stress that Avraham came to eulogize SARAH, not only because she was his wife, but because she was exemplary in her own right.
This is also the reason that Sarah was was mentioned directly after the Torah wrote that Avraham eulogized her, and not at the end of the possuk. It is to stress that Sarah deserved the praises that Avraham spoke about her in her own right and not only because she was married to Avraham.
HaRav Shimshon Nachmani, author of Zera Shimshon lived in Italy about 300 years ago in the time of the Or HaChaim HaKodesh
The Chida writes that he was a great Mekubal and wrote many sefarim including sefarim about “practical kabbolo" and asked that all of his sefarim be buried after he passes away except for Zera Shimshon and Niflaos Shimshon on Avos.
