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Hadassah (Hadasa) - הֲדַסָּה

 
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NameHadassah (Hadasa) - הֲדַסָּה
GenderFemale
Time of appearanceThe Biblical Era
MeaningMyrtle.
HistoryHadassah is the first name of Queen Esther, King Ahasuerus’s wife.
Citation"And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful, whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter." Esther 2, 7
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