אבגתא

Hebrew

Etymology

Probably from Old Persian 𐎲𐎥 (b-g /⁠baga⁠/) + 𐎭𐎭𐎠𐎬 (d-d-a-tu /⁠dātā⁠/, “given”), thus literally "God-given"

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔavaɣˈθɔː/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)avaɡˈta/

Proper noun

אֲבַגְתָא or אבגתא • (avagtá or aḇagṯā) m

1. Abagtha, a eunuch of Xerxes.
   • Tanach, Esther 1:11, with translation of the New International Version:

     בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי כְּטוֹב לֵב־הַמֶּלֶךְ בַּיָּיִן אָמַר לִמְהוּמָן בִּזְּתָא חַרְבוֹנָא בִּגְתָא וַאֲבַגְתָא זֵתַר וְכַרְכַּס שִׁבְעַת הַסָּרִיסִים הַמְשָׁרְתִים אֶת־פְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ׃

     On the seventh day, when King Xerxes was in high spirits from wine, he commanded the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Karkas—

References

• H5 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible