Lexical Summary tamar: palm tree, date palm Original Word: תָּמָרTransliteration: tamar Phonetic Spelling: (taw-mawr') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: palm tree, date palm Meaning: palm tree, date palm Strong's Concordance palm tree From an unused root meaning to be erect; a palm tree -- palm (tree). Brown-Driver-Briggs H8558. tamar I. תָּמָר noun masculine palm-tree, date-palm, Phoenix dactylifera; — ׳ת Joel 1:12; in simile of prosperity Psalm 92:13, of (graceful) stature Cant 7:8, compare (figurative) Song of Solomon 7:9; plural תְּמָרִים in oasis Exodus 15:27 (J), "" Numbers 33:9 (P); ת ׳כַּמֹּת Leviticus 23:40 (H) palm-branches, compare ת ׳עֲלֵי Nehemiah 8:15; הַתְּמָרִים עִיר = Jericho Deuteronomy 34:3 (JE), 2 Chronicles 28:15; Judges 1:16; 3:13. — See PostHast. DBPALM-TREE M'LeanEncy. Bib. ID. TrNHB 378 ff. Theob. FischerDattelpalme, 1881. |
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