medata · Hammedatha

What it means

medata (מְדָתָא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Hammedatha”.

The name of the father of Haman.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• Esther 3:1

  After these things King Ahasuerus made great Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, and exalted him, and set his seat above all the officials who were with him.

• Esther 3:10

  And the king removed his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews.

• Esther 8:5

  and she said, “If it seems good to the king, and if I have found favor before him, and the matter is right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to turn back the letters, the plot of Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote to make perish the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

• Esther 9:10

  the ten sons of Haman, son of Hammedatha, the adversary of the Jews, they killed; but on the plunder they did not stretch out their hand.

• Esther 9:24

  For Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to make them perish, and had cast Pur —that is, the lot— to throw them into turmoil and to make them perish.