Talmud zu Mischlej 16:18

R. Jose b. Abin said: When they²²The names of Haman’s sons. are written down, the word ’ish²³Man, the last word of Esth. 9, 6. must be at the top of the column²⁴And at the beginning of the first line. and each we’eth²⁵Sign of the defined accusative which occurs ten times, each preceding the names of the ten sons. at the end [of the lines, a total] of eleven lines,²⁶The first line consisting of ’ish on the right and we’eth on the left, the next nine lines having the name on the right and we’eth on the left, while the eleventh line has the name Wayezatha on the right and ‘asereth (ten) on the left. and ‘asereth at the end of the column. Thus, in reading transversely, the columns²⁷On the right (consisting of ’ish and the ten names), and the left (ten times we’eth and ‘asereth). appear laced and closely corded like transverse lacing [of a web].²⁸The reading of V is corrupt and the translation follows GRA, N.Y. and Jastrow. It symbolizes that when [the ten sons] fall there will be no rising for them.
The phrase ’aḥar haddebarim … Hammedatha²⁹Esth. 3, 1, E.V. After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha. was translated by R. Joseph as follows:³⁰R. Joseph is the reputed author of a later Aramaic translation of the Prophets and Hagiographa. ‘After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Aggagite, son of Seraḥ,³¹A name derived from a root ‘to stink’. The object of the genealogy is to trace Haman, the symbol of the enemies of Jews throughout their history, through a chain of despicable men to Esau, the brother but enemy of the patriarch Jacob. son of Buza, son of Aflutos,³²Buza means ‘contempt’, and Aflutos is probably Plutos, a heathen god. son of Deosis,³³Dionysus (?). son of Padom,³⁴Or, Pados (putrid?). son of Ma‘adi,³⁵Meaning ‘sickness’. son of Be‘alkon,³⁶The meaning is ‘cunning’. son of Antamarus,³⁷Signifying ‘crushed stones’. son of Ḥarum,³⁸Or, Ḥuram, possibly the heathen god Ares. son of Hadoram,³⁹Or, Heridos, i.e. Herod who is known in history as a tyrant. son of Shazar,⁴⁰Meaning ‘hip disease’ son of Nagar,⁴¹Or, possibly, Negad (a whip). son of Parshandatha,⁴²This and the following were also names of two of Haman’s sons. son of Wayezatha, son of ‘Amaleḳ,⁴³The ancestor of the people who were the first to attack Israel after their exodus from Egypt. son of the concubine of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau; he advanced him and set his seat above all his princes and his servants, because pride goeth before destruction’.⁴⁴The last four words come from Prov. 16, 18. The translation of the paragraph embodies most of GRA’s emendations.