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title: הָמָן — Haman · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הָמָן (2001), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 54 times: Haman. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Haman. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הָמָן

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«הָמָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Haman** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 54 times · **Key:** 2001 · **BDB:** הָמָן

### Glosses

Haman (43); of.Haman (11)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Haman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2001/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Haman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2001/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Haman, favourite of Ahasuerus (etym. dub.; according to JenVOJ 1892, 58 ff. = Elamit. n.pr.div. Ḫumban, or Ḫumman)—Est 3:1 + 53 times in Esther.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הָמָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2001/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 7:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.7.1/)

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וַיָּבֹ֤א הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְהָמָ֔ן לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת עִם־אֶסְתֵּ֥ר הַמַּלְכָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went the king and Haman to drink with Esther the queen

*JPS 1917:* So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

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[Esther 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.6.7/)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הָמָ֖ן אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ אִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ חָפֵ֥ץ בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Haman to the king a.man whom the king he.delights in honor his

*JPS 1917:* And Haman said unto the king: 'For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,

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