How to Pronounce Hadassah
huh-DAS-uh
Hadassah is pronounced huh-DAS-uh (həˈdæsɑː): three syllables, stress on the second.
What does Hadassah mean?
Hadassah means “myrtle” (Hebrew).
Who was Hadassah?
Hadassah is the other name of Esther, given in the one verse where it appears: Mordecai brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter (Esther 2:7). The same verse records that she had neither father nor mother, that the maid was fair and beautiful, and that Mordecai took her for his own daughter when her father and mother were dead.
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