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Strong's #8559 - תָּמָר

Transliteration
Tâmâr
Phonetics
taw-mawr'
Origin
the same as (H8558)
Parts of Speech
N/A
TWOT
None
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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)

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (24)
Genesis 5
Ruth 1
2 Samuel 14
1 Chronicles 2
Ezekiel 2
NAS (25)
Genesis 5
Ruth 1
2 Samuel 14
1 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 2
Ezekiel 2
HCS (24)
Genesis 5
Ruth 1
2 Samuel 14
1 Chronicles 2
Ezekiel 2
BSB (24)
Genesis 5
Ruth 1
2 Samuel 14
1 Chronicles 2
Ezekiel 2
ESV (24)
Genesis 5
Ruth 1
2 Samuel 14
1 Chronicles 2
Ezekiel 2
WEB (24)
Genesis 5
Ruth 1
2 Samuel 14
1 Chronicles 2
Ezekiel 2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 II. תָּמָר25 proper name

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.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

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.


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List of Word Forms
וְתָמָ֥ר וְתָמָר֙ ותמר לְתָמָ֖ר לְתָמָ֨ר לתמר מִתָּמָ֗ר מתמר תָּמָ֑ר תָּמָ֔ר תָּמָ֖ר תָּמָ֗ר תָּמָ֣ר תָּמָ֥ר תָּמָֽר׃ תָּמָר֙ תָמָ֖ר תָמָ֨ר תמר תמר׃ lə·ṯā·mār letaMar ləṯāmār mit·tā·mār mittaMar mittāmār tā·mār ṯā·mār taMar tāmār ṯāmār vetaMar wə·ṯā·mār wəṯāmār
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