HAMAN

Meaning of HAMAN in English

Pronunciation: ' h ā -m ə n

Function: noun

Etymology: Hebrew H ā m ā n

Date: 14th century

: a Persian minister in the book of Esther who is hanged after plotting a foiled massacre of the Jews

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

HAMAN — noun Etymology: Hebrew Hāmān Date: 14th century a Persian minister in the book of Esther who is hanged after plotting …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HAMAN — /hay"meuhn/ , n. a powerful prince at the court of Ahasuerus, who was hanged upon exposure of his plan to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAMAN — n. grand vizier of Persia who plotted the destruction of the Jews but was hung when his plan was discovered …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HAMAN — noun Etymology: Hebrew Hāmān Date: 14th century : a Persian minister in the book of Esther who is hanged after …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAMAN — [Ha.man] n [Heb Haman]: an enemy of the Jews hanged according to the book of Esther for plotting their destruction
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAMAN — Haman BrE AmE ˈheɪm ən -æn
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HAMAN — (magnificent), the chief minister or vizier of King Ahasuerus. (Esther 3:1) (B.C. 473.) After the failure of his attempt to …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
HAMAN — noise; tumult
Bible Names English vocab
HAMAN — Аман
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PURIM — noun Etymology: Hebrew pūrīm, literally, lots; from the casting of lots by Haman (Esther 9:24-26) Date: 1535 a Jewish holiday …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MORDECAI — noun Etymology: Hebrew Mordĕkhai Date: 1587 a relative of Esther who gave advice on saving the Jews from the destruction …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HAMANTASCH — noun (plural ~en) Etymology: Yiddish homentash, from Homen Haman + tash pocket, bag Date: 1927 a 3-cornered pastry with a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PURIM — Jewish festival celebrating the survival of the Jews marked for death in Persia in the 5th cent BC. According to …
Английский словарь Британика
MORDECAI — In the biblical book of Esther, the cousin or guardian of Esther . Mordecai was a Jew who offended Haman, …
Английский словарь Британика
ESTHER — I heroine and central figure in the book of Esther. She was a beautiful Jewish woman, the wife of the …
Английский словарь Британика
PURIM — ˈpu̇rəm, ˈpü-, ˈ(ˌ)rim, pu̇ˈrim noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Hebrew pūrīm, literally the lots, from plural of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRAGER — ˈgrägə(r) noun or greg·er or greg·ger -reg- ; also grog·ger -räg- ( -s ) Etymology: Yiddish grager, greger, from Polish …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PURIM — (n.) A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the …
Английский словарь Webster
PURIM — ( n. ) A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAANITH ESTHER — /tah"nit' es"teuhr, -nis/ ; Seph. Heb. /tah'ah neet" es terdd"/ ; Ashk. Heb. /tah"ah nis es"teuhrdd/ a Jewish fast day …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PURIM — /poor"im/ ; Seph. Heb. /pooh rddeem"/ ; Ashk. Heb. /poordd"im/ , n. a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th day …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MORDECAI — /mawr"di kuy', mawr'di kay"uy/ , n. 1. the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PURIM — noun Etymology: Hebrew pūrīm, literally, lots; from the casting of lots by Haman (Esther 9:24-26) Date: 1535 : a Jewish …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PURIM — [ 'pʊərɪm , pʊ'ri:m ] ■ noun a lesser Jewish festival held in spring to commemorate the defeat of Haman's …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PURIM — [Pu.rim] n [Heb purim, lit., lots; fr. the casting of lots by Haman (Esth 9:24-26)] (1535): a Jewish holiday celebrated …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PURIM — ((Hebrew: Lots), ) English Feast of Lots, a joyous Jewish festival commemorating the survival of the Jews who, in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
ESTHER, BOOK OF — Old Testament book that belongs to the third section of the Judaic biblical canon, known as the Ketuvim, or Writings. …
Britannica English vocabulary
MORDECAI — In the biblical book of Esther, the cousin or guardian of Esther . Mordecai was a Jew who offended Haman, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ESTHER — n. heroine and central figure in the book of Esther. She was a beautiful Jewish woman, the wife of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PURIM — (lots), the annual festival instituted to commemorate the preservation of the Jews in Persia from the massacre with which they …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
ESTHER, BOOK OF — one of the latest of the canonical books of Scripture, having been written late in the reign of Xerxes, or …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
AHASUERUS — (lion-king), the name of one Median and two Persian kings mentioned in the Old Testament. â In (Daniel 9:1) Ahasuerus …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary

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