How to Pronounce Haman
HAY-muhn
Haman is pronounced HAY-muhn (ˈheɪmən): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Haman mean?
Haman means “noise; tumult”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Haman?
Haman was the Agagite whom King Ahasuerus promoted above all his princes and to whom he gave his signet ring (Esther 3:1, Esther 3:10). As the enemy of the Jews he cast Pur, the lot, and plotted to destroy them, but was hanged on the very gallows he had built for Mordecai (Esther 7:10, Esther 9:24).
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