1. Haman (proper name, Persian official) — The proper name הָמָן referring to Haman the Agagite, the chief antagonist in the Book of Esther who plotted to destroy the Jewish people. All 54 occurrences refer to this single individual, whether appearing bare, with prepositions (to-Haman, from-Haman), or with the conjunction waw (and-Haman). Translated as English 'Haman,' Spanish 'Aman,' Hindi 'Haman' (हामान), Arabic 'Hamanu' (هَامَانُ), Korean 'Haman' (하만), Swahili 'Hamani.' The split between bare and conjunctive forms is purely syntactic, not semantic. 54×
AR["هَامَانَ","هَامَانُ"]·ben["-হামন","হামন","হামান","হামানকে","হামানের"]·DE["Haman"]·EN["Haman"]·FR["Haman"]·heb["המן"]·HI["हामान","हामान-ने"]·ID["Haman"]·IT["Haman"]·jav["Haman"]·KO["하만","하만을","하만의","하만이"]·PT["Haman"]·RU["Аман","Амана","Аманом","Гаман","Гамана","Гаманом"]·ES["Amán"]·SW["-","Hamani","ghadhabu","juu-ya","kutoka-siku","maliwali"]·TR["Haman","Haman'ı","Haman'ın"]·urd["ہامان","ہامان-نے","ہامان-کے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
הָמָן 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.