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title: תָּמָר — palm-tree · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּמָר (8558), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: palm-tree. BDB 1906: n.m. palm-tree, date-palm. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּמָר

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«תָּמָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **palm-tree** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 8558 · **BDB:** תָּמָר

### Glosses

the.palm.trees (4); of.palm.trees (2); palm.tree (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

palm-tree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8558/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. palm-tree, date-palm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8558/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. palm-tree, date-palm, Phoenix dactylifera;—ת׳ Jo 1:12; in sim. of prosperity ψ 92:13, of (graceful) stature Ct 7:8, cf. (fig.) v 9; pl. תְּמָרִים in oasis Ex 15:27 (J), ‖ Nu 33:9 (P); כַּפֹּת ת׳ Lv 23:40 (H) palm-branches, cf. עֲלֵי ת׳ Ne 8:15; עִיר הַתְּמָרִים = Jericho Dt 34:3 (JE), 2 Ch 28:15 Ju 1:16; 3:13.—Vid. PostHast.DB; palm-tree M’LeanEncy. Bib. Id. TrNHB 378 ff. Theob. FischerDattelpalme, 1881.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּמָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8558/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 92:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.92.13/)

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צַ֭דִּיק כַּתָּמָ֣ר יִפְרָ֑ח כְּאֶ֖רֶז בַּלְּבָנ֣וֹן יִשְׂגֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].righteous like.(the) palm tree he.will.flourish like a.cedar in (the) Lebanon he.will.grow

*JPS 1917:* The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

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[Song of Songs 7:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.8/)

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זֹ֤את קֽוֹמָתֵךְ֙ דָּֽמְתָ֣ה לְתָמָ֔ר וְשָׁדַ֖יִךְ לְאַשְׁכֹּלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* this stature your it.is.like (to).a palm.tree and breasts your (to) clusters

*JPS 1917:* This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

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