Esther 9:7 Meaning and Explanation

The narrator begins to list Haman’s ten sons by name, and the catalogue unfolds slowly, each name standing alone. In Hebrew tradition these names are read in a single breath, marking the fall of a house as a single, decisive event.

To name them is to record the end of Haman’s line. The man who plotted to erase an entire people sees his own descendants enumerated in the account of the day he chose. The narrator lets the bare list carry its weight, the household of the enemy set down in writing for memory.