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title: תֹּמֶר — palm-tree · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֹּמֶר (8560), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: palm-tree. BDB 1906: n.m. palm-tree, post. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֹּמֶר

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«תֹּמֶר» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8560 · **BDB:** תֹּ֫מֶר

### Glosses

the.palm.tree (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

palm-tree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8560/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. palm-tree, post [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8560/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. palm-tree, post;—cstr. ת׳דְּבוֹרָה Ju 4:5 palm-tree of Deborah; כְּת׳ מִקְשָׁה Je 10:5 like a post (i.e. a scare-crow cf. Bar 6:70) in a cucumber field (sim. of idol).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «תֹּמֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8560/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 4:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.4.5/)

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וְ֠הִיא יוֹשֶׁ֨בֶת תַּֽחַת־תֹּ֜מֶר דְּבוֹרָ֗ה בֵּ֧ין הָרָמָ֛ה וּבֵ֥ין בֵּֽית־אֵ֖לבֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַיַּעֲל֥וּ אֵלֶ֛יהָ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* and she \[was\].dwelling under the.palm.tree of.Deborah between (the) Ramah and between Bethel Bethel in the.hill.country of.Ephraim and they.went.up to her the.people of.Israel for (the) judgment

*JPS 1917:* And she sat under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

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