עֲ֠שֶׂרֶת בְּנֵ֨י הָמָ֧ן בֶּֽן־הַמְּדָ֛תָא צֹרֵ֥ר הַיְּהוּדִ֖ים הָרָ֑גוּ וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה לֹ֥א שָׁלְח֖וּ אֶת־יָדָֽם׃
the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’enemy, slew they; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.
Tractate Soferim
R. Ḥiyya b. R. Adda of Jaffa, quoting R. Jeremiah in the name of R. Ze‘ira, said: The names of the ten sons of Haman and the word ten21Esth. 9, 10. must be recited in one breath.