H0630 H0630
Aspatha, personal name; the third son of Haman listed among those killed by the Jews in Esther 9:7
Aspatha was the third son of Haman the Agagite, killed along with his nine brothers when the Jews defended themselves against their enemies. The name is Persian, possibly meaning 'given by the horse' (sacred) according to Persian etymology. The listing of all ten sons by name in Esther 9 emphasizes the complete reversal of Haman's planned destruction of the Jews—his own family line is cut off instead. Their death represents the failure of Amalekite enmity against Israel.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Esther 9:7 lists Aspatha third among Haman's ten sons executed on the day of Jewish self-defense. The preservation of all ten Persian names (unusual in Hebrew Scripture) emphasizes the completeness of the reversal—the genocidal plotter's own line is exterminated. The probable Persian etymology ('given by the sacred horse') shows authentic Persian nomenclature. The sons' death fulfills the principle that those who plot Israel's destruction bring destruction on their own house. 1×
AR["أَسْفَاتَا"]·ben["অস্পাথা"]·DE["[אספתא]"]·EN["Aspatha"]·FR["[אספתא]"]·heb["אספתא"]·HI["अस्पाता"]·ID["Aspata"]·IT["[אספתא]"]·jav["Aspata"]·KO["아스바다를"]·PT["Aspatha"]·RU["Аспату"]·ES["Aspata"]·SW["Aspatha"]·TR["Aspata"]·urd["اسپاتا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַסְפָּ֑תָא n.pr.m. 3rd son of Haman Est 9:7 (Pers. aspadâta, ab equo sacre datus according to Thes Add71, after Pott & Benefy).