Vashti

Vashti / vaʃti / Persian: و شتی آ is according to the Tanakh and the Old Testament, a woman of the Persian king Ahasuerus.

Name Variants

Hebrew: וַשְׁתִּי ( Modern Hebrew: Vashti tiberisches system: Wasti ); Good News Bible, New World Translation and Translation unit: Vashti; Douay Rheims Bible (1985 ), Hope for All ( 1996) and Luther's Bible (1984 ): Vashti; Vulgate, Grünewalder Bible and Luther's Bible ( 1554; 1912): Vashti; Douay Rheims Bible (1871; 1905) and Schlachter Bible (1951; 2000): Vashti. The name means " Desirable ".

Hebrew Bible

In the Tanakh, it is the wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus. When she refuses to appear at a banquet of the king, it is he violated (Est 1.15 ELB ). The act is understood not only as a rebellion against the king's authority, but also that of a woman against her husband ( verse 17). Your place as queen occupied later by the Jewish woman esters.

Rabbinic tradition

In the rabbinic tradition, the Persian Vashti is one of four women who ruled the world, along with Semiramis in Mesopotamia and Jezebel and Athaliah in Israel.