Hadassah
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew הֲדַסָּה (“myrtle”), the Hebrew name of Esther in the Old Testament.
Proper noun
Hadassah
- A female given name.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Esther 2:7:
- 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.
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