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Strong's #8559 - תָּמָר
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Tamar = “palm-tree”
1) widow of Er, the son of Judah; fiancee of Shelah, another son of Judah; wife of Judah and mother of Pharez and Zerah (noun proper feminine)
2) daughter of David by Maacah, sister of Absalom, and rape victim of Amnon her half brother, another son of David (noun proper feminine)
3) daughter of Absalom (noun proper feminine)
4) a place on the southern border of Gad (noun proper locative)
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1. feminine
a. daughter-in-law of Judah Genesis 38:6,11 (twice in verse); Genesis 38:13,24; 1 Chronicles 2:4; Ruth 4:12.
b. daughter of David, sister of Absalom 2 Samuel 13:1,211t. 13, 2 Chronicles 3:9.
c. daughter of Absalom 2 Samuel 14:27.
2. location Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28; 1 Kings 9:18 Kt ( > Qr תַּדְמֹר q. v.), so read also "" 2 Chronicles 8:4 (for ᵑ0תַּדְמֹר); site not certain, compare Buhl G 184. — בַּעַל תָּמָר see בַּעַל.
תָּמָר m.
(1) a palm-tree, Phœnix dactylifera (Arab. تَمَرُ id.) Joel 1:12; Song of Solomon 7:9, plur. Exodus 15:27. עִיר הַתְּמָרִים the city of palm-trees, see under עִיר.
(2) [Tamar], pr.n.
(a) of a town situated in the southern borders of Palestine, Ezekiel 47:19, 48:28.
(b) i.q. תַּדְמֹר Palmyra (which see), 1 Kings 9:18 כתיב.
(c) f.
(α) the daughter-in-law of Judah, Genesis 38:6.
(β) a daughter of David, 2 Samuel 13:1.
(γ) a daughter of Absalom, 2 Samuel 14:27.