This is the name of Zeresh: Wife of Haman, enemy of the Jews.
Definition
of Persian origin; Zeresh, Haman's wife
Traditional renderings: Zeresh.
Traditional renderings: Zeresh.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
4 total
- Esther 5:10זֶ֥רֶשׁ · ZereshNevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
- Esther 5:14זֶ֨רֶשׁ · ZereshHis wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
- Esther 6:13 (2×)לְזֶ֤רֶשׁ · Zeresh; וְזֶ֣רֶשׁ · ZereshHaman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”