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title: תָּמָר — Tamar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּמָר (8559), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: Tamar. BDB 1906: n.pr. loc. 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: **Tamar** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 8559 · **BDB:** תָּמָר²

### Glosses

Tamar (19); \[was\].Tamar (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tamar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8559/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8559/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. f. daughter-in-law of Judah Gn 38:6, 11(×2), 13, 24; 1 Ch 2:4; Ru 4:12. daughter of David, sister of Absalom 2 S 13:1, 2 + 11 times 13, 2 Ch 3:9. daughter of Absalom 2 S 14:27. loc. Ez 47:19; 48:28; 1 K 9:18 Kt (\> Qr תַּדְמֹר q.v.), so read also ‖ 2 Ch 8:4 (for MT תַּדְמֹר); site not certain, cf. BuhlG. 184.—בַּעַל תָּמָר v. בַּעַל (s. p. 346).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1514/8559/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 38:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.6/)

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וַיִּקַּ֧ח יְהוּדָ֛ה אִשָּׁ֖ה לְעֵ֣ר בְּכוֹר֑וֹ וּשְׁמָ֖הּ תָּמָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Judah a.wife for Er firstborn his and name her \[was\].Tamar

*JPS 1917:* And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.

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[1 Chronicles 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.3.9/)

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כֹּ֖ל בְּנֵ֣י דָוִ֑יד מִלְּבַ֥ד בְּֽנֵי־פִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים וְתָמָ֥ר אֲחוֹתָֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* all the.sons of.David (from) besides sons of.concubines and Tamar sister \[was\].their

*JPS 1917:* All these were the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

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