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title: תִּמֹרָה — palm · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תִּמֹרָה (8561), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: palm. BDB 1906: n.f. palm figure. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תִּמֹרָה

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«תִּמֹרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **palm** — 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 8561 · **BDB:** תִּמֹרָה

### Glosses

palm.trees (13); tree (2); trees (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

palm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8561/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. palm figure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8561/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. palm(-tree) figure, as ornament;—ת׳ Ez 41:18 + (van d. H. תִּמּ׳, so throughout); pl. תִּמֹרֹת 1 K 6:29 + (Gi תִּמּ׳), תִּמֹרִים Ez 40:16 +; sf. תִּימֹרָיו v 22 Qr (Kt תימרו);—palm-figure in Sol.’s temple 1 K 6:29, 32(×2) 35; 7:36 2 Ch 3:5; in Ezekiel’s temple Ez 40:16, 22, 26 + 10 times 40, 41.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תִּמֹרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8561/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 6:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.35/)

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וְקָלַ֤ע כְּרוּבִים֙ וְתִ֣מֹר֔וֹת וּפְטֻרֵ֖י צִצִּ֑ים וְצִפָּ֣ה זָהָ֔ב מְיֻשָּׁ֖ר עַל־הַמְּחֻקֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.carved cherubim and palm.trees and spread.out.\[things\] of.blossoms and he.overlaid gold made.smooth on the.carved \[work\]

*JPS 1917:* And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.

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[Ezekiel 40:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.40.31/)

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וְאֵלַמָּ֗ואֶל־חָצֵר֙ הַחִ֣צוֹנָ֔ה וְתִמֹרִ֖ים אֶל־אֵילָ֑יו וּמַעֲל֥וֹת שְׁמוֹנֶ֖ה מַעֲלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and porches its \[were\].to a.courtyard (the) outer and palm.trees \[were\].to pillars its and.\[was\] steps eight ascents its

*JPS 1917:* And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof; and the going up to it had eight steps.

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