H4104 H4104
Mehuman; a eunuch serving King Ahasuerus
One of seven eunuchs named in Esther 1:10, sent to bring Queen Vashti to the king's banquet. Mehuman is a Persian name, part of the exotic detail that gives Esther its courtly atmosphere. The LXX renders it as 'Aman,' confusing him with Haman, but the Hebrew is clear. He's a minor functionary whose name appears once, contributing to the tale's sense of grand Persian bureaucracy.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Esther 1:10 lists seven chamberlains by name, emphasizing the formality of Ahasuerus's command. Mehuman is first in the list, but otherwise undistinguished. The prepositional 'to Mehuman' (with six others) shows them as recipients of the royal order. This is narrative texture: specific names lending verisimilitude to the story's Persian setting. 1×
AR["لِ-مَهُومَانَ"]·ben["মহূমনকে"]·DE["[למהומן]"]·EN["to-Mehuman"]·FR["[למהומן]"]·heb["ל-מהומן"]·HI["महूमान"]·ID["kepada-Mehuman"]·IT["Mehuman"]·jav["dhateng-Méhuman"]·KO["에게-버후만에게"]·PT["a-Mehuman"]·RU["Мехуману"]·ES["a-Mehuman"]·SW["kwa-Mehumani"]·TR["Mehuman'a-"]·urd["کو-مہومان"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מְהוּמָן n.pr.m. a eunuch of Ahasuerus (id.; but 𝔊 Ἀμαν) Est 1:10.