Bible Person

Vajezatha

Meaning: sprinkling the chamber · Male · 1 cross reference

Vajezatha is one of Haman's sons slain in Esther 9:9. He belongs to the household that falls with Haman's anti-Jewish plot in the Persian empire. First appears in Esth 9:9.1

AI summary: Vajezatha matters because his single cross reference marks the final collapse of the family line attached to Haman's attempted destruction of the Jews. The entry contributes to the full reversal theme that runs through Esther. Taken together, the material presents Vajezatha as one of the sons swept up in Haman's downfall.1

Central Figure

Vajezatha

Meaning: sprinkling the chamber

Purity; worthy of honour, one of Haman’s sons, whom the Jews slew in the palace of Shushan (Esther 9:9).