February 23, 2016

  • YHWH/Yeshua/Torah: Hadassah (Myrtle)

    Myrtle

     

     

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    Hadassah

    myrtle, the Jewish name of Esther (q.v.), Esther 2:7.

    Esther 2:7

    7 He had raised Hadassah, that is, Ester, his uncle's daughter; because she had neither father nor mother. The girl was shapely and good-looking; after her father's and mother's death, Mordekhai had adopted her as his own daughter.

     

    Scholars agree that the name Hadassah is a feminized form of the word הדס (hadas), meaning myrtle:

    Abarim Publications' Theological Dictionary

    The masculine noun הדס (hadash) means myrtle (-tree). This noun has no obvious root, but it occurs in several related languages. It appears to be a relatively recently developed word.

    The myrtle is a perennial shrub with white flowers that were used for perfume. Since this plant is quite common in Palestine,  the Bible uses the myrtle a few times symbolically (Isaiah 41:19, 55:13). Most notable is the Zechariahan scene of the horsemen who stand among the myrtle trees (Zechariah 1:8).

    The myrtle is also mentioned as one of the plants from which the returned Israelites made their huts for the feast of booths (Nehemiah 8:15). 

     

    May YHWH bless you. 

     

    Malachi 3:16