Hadassah

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈdæsə/

Proper noun

Hadassah

1. A female given name from Hebrew.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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.

Anagrams

• shahadas