hadassah

/həˈdæsə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

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Meaning

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"And hee brought vp Hadaſſah (that is Eſther) his vncles daughter, for ſhe had neither father nor mother, and the maid was faire and beautiful, whom Mordecai (when her father and mother were dead) tooke for his owne daughter."

Borrowed from Hebrew הֲדַסָּה (“myrtle”), the Hebrew name of Esther in the Hebrew Bible.

Questions

How do you pronounce hadassah?

The recorded pronunciation is /həˈdæsə/.

What does hadassah mean?

A female given name from Hebrew.

Where does hadassah come from?

It is traced to Hebrew.

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