Haman

E64502

Book of Esther character Persian royal official biblical figure villain

Haman is the villain in the biblical Book of Esther, known for plotting to annihilate the Jews of the Persian Empire and serving as the antagonist whose defeat is commemorated by the Jewish festival of Purim.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Haman canonical	11
Haman the son of Hammedatha	2
Amalek is seen as the ancestor of Haman	1
Haman (in rabbinic tradition, via Esther’s lineage interpretations)	1
Haman Recognizes His Fate	1
הָמָן	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Book of Esther character ⓘ Persian royal official ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ villain ⓘ
action	built a gallows for Mordecai ⓘ cast lots (pur) to determine the date for the destruction of the Jews ⓘ persuaded King Ahasuerus to issue a decree against the Jews ⓘ plotted genocide against the Jews of the Persian Empire ⓘ
appearsIn	Megillat Esther ⓘ surface form: Book of Esther
associatedEvent	Purim ⓘ
associatedFood	hamantaschen (symbolically linked to him in Ashkenazi tradition) ⓘ
associatedRitual	making noise at the mention of his name during Purim ⓘ reading of the Megillah (Book of Esther) ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Purim ⓘ
culturalImpact	central negative figure in Purim customs and storytelling ⓘ
describedAs	antagonist in the Book of Esther ⓘ the Agagite ⓘ
employer	King Ahasuerus ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire
ethnicOrigin	Agagite ⓘ
familyBackground	descendant of Agag (according to Jewish tradition) ⓘ
fate	executed by hanging ⓘ hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai ⓘ
genreContext	biblical narrative ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
literaryRole	embodiment of hubris and downfall ⓘ
motivatedBy	desire to destroy the Jews ⓘ hatred of Mordecai ⓘ
nameInHebrew	Haman self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: הָמָן
narrativeFunction	foil to Esther and Mordecai ⓘ
notableFor	being defeated in the narrative commemorated by Purim ⓘ plotting to annihilate the Jews of the Persian Empire ⓘ
opponent	Esther ⓘ Mordechai ⓘ surface form: Mordecai the Jews of the Persian Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Susa ⓘ
positionHeld	high official in the Persian court ⓘ vizier of King Ahasuerus ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
rememberedFor	his downfall and reversal of fortune ⓘ
roleInText	antagonist to the Jews of the Persian Empire ⓘ
scripturalBook	Esther ⓘ
scripturalCanon	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
symbolism	archetype of an enemy of the Jews ⓘ symbol of antisemitism in Jewish tradition ⓘ
timePeriod	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid Persian Empire (traditional setting)

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Instruction

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Input

Subject: Haman
Description of subject: Haman is the villain in the biblical Book of Esther, known for plotting to annihilate the Jews of the Persian Empire and serving as the antagonist whose defeat is commemorated by the Jewish festival of Purim.

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Purim → associatedFigure → Haman ⓘ

Esther → hasCharacter → Haman ⓘ

King Ahasuerus → fatherInLawOf → Haman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Haman (in rabbinic tradition, via Esther’s lineage interpretations)

King Ahasuerus → employerOf → Haman ⓘ

Megillat Esther → containsCharacter → Haman ⓘ

Mordechai → opposed → Haman ⓘ

Mordechai → enemyOf → Haman ⓘ

Haman → nameInHebrew → Haman self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: הָמָן

Shabbat Zachor → conceptualLinkToPurim → Haman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amalek is seen as the ancestor of Haman

Qarun → associatedWith → Haman ⓘ

Agagite → isAssociatedWith → Haman ⓘ

Agagite → notablyAppliedTo → Haman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Haman the son of Hammedatha

the Agagite → refersTo → Haman ⓘ

the Agagite → associatedWith → Haman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Haman the son of Hammedatha

Zeresh → spouse → Haman ⓘ

Shushan → associatedWith → Haman ⓘ

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout → notableWork → Haman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Haman Recognizes His Fate