תָּמָרtâmâr
palm-tree, date-palm (Joel 1:12; Psalms 92:13; Song of Solomon 7:8; Song of Solomon 7:9; Exodus 15:27)
Pronunciation: taw-mawr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8558
Same root
- אִיתָמָרʼÎythâmâr · H385Ithamar, a son of Aaron
- בַּעַל תָּמָרBaʻal Tâmâr · H1193Baal-Tamar, a place in Palestine
- חַצְצוֹן תָּמָרChatsᵉtsôwn Tâmâr · H2688Chatsetson-tamar, a place in Palestine
- עִיר הַתְּמָרִיםʻÎyr hat-Tᵉmârîym · H5899Ir-hat-Temarim, a place in Palestine
- תַּדְמֹרTadmôr · H8412Tadmor, a place near Palestine
- תִּימָרָהtîymârâh · H8490a column, i.e. cloud
- תָּמָרTâmâr · H8559Tamar, the name of three women and a place
- תֹּמֶרtômer · H8560a palm trunk
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 15:27 After leaving Marah, the Israelites traveled on to the oasis of Elim, where they found twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there beside the water.
- Leviticus 23:40 On the first day gather branches from magnificent trees—palm fronds, boughs from leafy trees, and willows that grow by the streams. Then celebrate with joy before the Lord your God for seven days.
- Numbers 33:9 They left Marah and camped at Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees.
- Nehemiah 8:15 He had said that a proclamation should be made throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, telling the people to go to the hills to get branches from olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees. They were to use these branches to make shelters in which they would live during the festival, as prescribed in the Law.
- Psalms 92:12 But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon.
- Song of Solomon 7:7 You are slender like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters of fruit.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).