This is the name of Hammedatha: The father of Haman, the enemy of the Jews.
Definition
of Persian origin; Medatha, the father of Haman
Traditional renderings: Hammedatha (including the article).
Traditional renderings: Hammedatha (including the article).
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
5 total
- Esther 3:1הַמְּדָ֛תָא · of HammedathaAfter these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
- Esther 3:10הַמְּדָ֛תָא · of HammedathaSo the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
- Esther 8:5הַמְּדָ֙תָא֙ · of Hammedatha“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
- Esther 9:10הַמְּדָ֛תָא · of HammedathaThey killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
- Esther 9:24הַמְּדָ֜תָא · of HammedathaFor Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.