Also known as Hâmân, Haman the Agagite, Haman (Bible)
thumb|Esther Denouncing Haman (1888) by Ernest Normand Haman ( ; also known as Haman the Agagite) is the main antagonist in the Book of Esther, who according to the Hebrew Bible was an official in the court of the Persian empire under King Ahasuerus, commonly identified as Xerxes I (died 465 BCE) but traditionally equated with Artaxerxes I or Artaxerxes II. His epithet, Agagite, indicates that Haman was a descendant of Agag, the king of the Amalekites. Some commentators interpret this descent to be symbolic, due to his similar personality.
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Vinony's link graph records 254 inbound references to 하만, and connects out to Purim, Amalek and hamantash.
It sits within the topics Amalek, Biblical murderers and Book of Esther people.
Vinony links it to 30 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Haman
- present in work
- Book of Esther
- different from
- Haman County
- native label
- הָמָן
- vocalized name
- הָמָן בֶּן הַמְּדָתָא הָאֲגָגִי
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