Vaizatha
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VAIZATHA (PERSON) [Heb wayzātā˒ (וַיְזָתָא)]. One of the ten sons of Haman (Esth 9:9). On problems surrounding this list of names, see ADALIA (PERSON). Vaizatha (zabouthaion) perhaps renders the otherwise unattested Old Iranian name *Vahyazzāta (Hinz 1975: 253), which in turn probably derives from *Vahyaz-dāta- “given from the best one,” a name attested in Aramaic papyri from Egypt (CAP, 253, 34—wyzdt), Persepolis Elamite texts, and Akkadian (Hinz 1975: 253 s.v. *vahyazdāta; Kornfeld 1978: 105 s.v. WYZDT for references).
Bibliography
Hinz, W. 1975. Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen. Wiesbaden.
Kornfeld, W. 1978. Onomastica Aramaica aus Ägypten. Vienna.
Peter Bedford
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (6:780). New York: Doubleday.
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VAIZATHA, VAJEZATHA* One of Haman’s ten sons, who was killed during the Jews’ retaliation when Haman plotted to kill them (Est 9:9).
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (1284). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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VAIZA´THA (vī-zaʹtha; from Old Pers., “son of the atmosphere”). One of the ten sons of Haman, whom the Jews slew in Susa (Esther 9:9), after 480 b.c.
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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Vaizatha (Heb. wayzāṯā˒)
One of the 10 sons of Haman killed in Susa by the Jews on their day of reprisal against their enemies (Esth. 9:9).
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (1352). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
