תַּמְרוּקtamrûwq
id., see מרק Hiph`il (Proverbs 20:30; Esther 2:12; Esther 2:9; Esther 2:3)
Pronunciation: tam-rook' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8562
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Esther 2:3 Let the king appoint agents in each province to bring these beautiful young women into the royal harem at the fortress of Susa. Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the harem, will see that they are all given beauty treatments.
- Esther 2:9 Hegai was very impressed with Esther and treated her kindly. He quickly ordered a special menu for her and provided her with beauty treatments. He also assigned her seven maids specially chosen from the king’s palace, and he moved her and her maids into the best place in the harem.
- Esther 2:12 Before each young woman was taken to the king’s bed, she was given the prescribed twelve months of beauty treatments—six months with oil of myrrh, followed by six months with special perfumes and ointments.
- Proverbs 20:30 Physical punishment cleanses away evil; such discipline purifies the heart.
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).