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# הַמְּדָתָא

Biblical Hebrew

**Hammedatha (including the article)** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Hammedatha (including the article) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b7_5de_5b0_5bc_5d3_5b8_5ea_5b8_5d0/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הַמְּדָתָא: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b7_5de_5b0_5bc_5d3_5b8_5ea_5b8_5d0/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of Haman (Pers. mâh, moon Öt; 𝔊 Ἁμαδαθου (always Genit.); in Gk. perhaps Μαδάτης \[Μαδάτας, Μαδέτης\], cf. XenophCyr, v. 3. 41 Diodxvii, 67 PottZMG 1859, 424);—הַמְּדָתָא הָֽאֲגָגִי Est 3:1, 10; 8:5; 9:24; without האגגי 9:10.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Hammedatha (5).

## In the verses

[Esther 9:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.10/#tree)

עֲ֠שֶׂרֶת בְּנֵ֨י הָמָ֧ן בֶּֽן־הַמְּדָ֛תָא צֹרֵ֥ר הַיְּהוּדִ֖ים הָרָ֑גוּ וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה לֹ֥א שָׁלְח֖וּ אֶת־יָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* the.ten the.sons of.Haman the.son of.Hammedatha the.harasser of the.Jews they.killed and on the plunder not they.stretched.out (et) hand their

*JPS 1917:* the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews' enemy, slew they; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

[Esther 3:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.3.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.3.10/#tree)

וַיָּ֧סַר הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶת־טַבַּעְתּ֖וֹ מֵעַ֣ל יָד֑וֹ וַֽיִּתְּנָ֗הּ לְהָמָ֧ן בֶּֽן־הַמְּדָ֛תָא הָאֲגָגִ֖י צֹרֵ֥ר הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.removed the king (et) signet-ring his from on hand his and he gave.it to Haman the.son of.Hammedatha the Agagite the.harasser of the.Jews

*JPS 1917:* And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d4_5b7_5de_5b0_5bc_5d3_5b8_5ea_5b8_5d0.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b7_5de_5b0_5bc_5d3_5b8_5ea_5b8_5d0/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).