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Zeresh

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Named at Esther 5:10 as the wife of Haman. At 5:9–10, when Haman sees Mordecai in the king’s gate, he is filled with wrath against Mordecai: “Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.” 5:14 says, “Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, ‘Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.’” At 6:12–13 Haman hurries to his house and recounts to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him, and “his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, ‘If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.’”

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EST 5:9–14, engwebp
⁹Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he didn’t stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
¹⁰Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.
¹¹Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
¹²Haman also said, “Yes, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow I am also invited by her together with the king.
¹³Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
¹⁴Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
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EST 6:12–14, engwebp
¹²Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
¹³Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.”
¹⁴While they were yet talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
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Haman — Spouse of — Zeresh

Evidence: Esther 5:9–14, Esther 6:12–14
Took part in (2) — Haman is filled with wrath against Mordecai in the king’s gate, and, pleased with the words of Zeresh his wife and all his friends, has the gallows made, Mordecai comes back to the king’s gate, and Haman hurries home mourning and recounts everything to Zeresh his wife and all his friends

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Esther 5:10 Open that verse

Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.

Esther 5:14 Open that verse

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

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Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.”

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Entry: Zeresh (person-zeresh)
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Current wording: Named at Esther 5:10 as the wife of Haman. At 5:9–10, when Haman sees Mordecai in the king’s gate, he is filled with wrath against Mordecai: “Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.” 5:14 says, “Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, ‘Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.’” At 6:12–13 Haman hurries to his house and recounts to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him, and “his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, ‘If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.’”
Cited evidence: EST 5:9–14, engwebp / EST 6:12–14, engwebp
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