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Strong's #8559 - תָּמָר
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
- Tamar = "palm-tree"
- n pr f
- widow of Er, the son of Judah; fiancee of Shelah, another son of Judah; wife of Judah and mother of Pharez and Zerah
- daughter of David by Maacah, sister of Absalom, and rape victim of Amnon her half brother, another son of David
- daughter of Absalom
- n pr loc
- a place on the southern border of Gad
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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.