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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - הָמָן

הָמָן

H2001

Transliteration: Hâmân

Pronunciation: haw-mawn'

Definition: Haman


Original: המן

Transliteration: hâmân

Phonetic: haw-mawn'

BDB Definition:

Haman = "magnificent"
  1. chief minister of Ahasuerus, enemy of Mordecai and the Jews, who plotted to kill the Jews but, being foiled by Esther, was hanged, with his family, on the gallows he had made for Mordecai

Origin: of foreign derivation

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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