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Aman

Aman a'-man (Aman; Codex Vaticanus reads Adam): Tobit 14:10; Additions to Esther 12:6, 16:10,17, probably in each case for Haman, the arch-enemy of the Jews in the canonical Book of Esther (compare Es 3:1 with...

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Aman a'-man (Aman; Codex Vaticanus reads Adam): Tobit 14:10; Additions to Esther 12:6, 16:10,17, probably in each case for Haman, the arch-enemy of the Jews in the canonical Book of Esther (compare Es 3:1 with Additions to Esther 12:6). In Additions to Esther (16:10) Aman is represented as a Macedonian, in all other points corresponding to the Haman of the Book of Esther.

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