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title: תָּמָר — Tamar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּמָר (lemma:תָּמָר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:תָּמָר · **BDB:** תָּמָר²

### Glosses

Tamar (1); be\].from.Tamar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tamar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b8_5bc_5de_5b8_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b8_5bc_5de_5b8_5e8/#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, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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/lemma_3a_5ea_5b8_5bc_5de_5b8_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 48:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.48.28/)

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וְעַל֙ גְּב֣וּל גָּ֔ד אֶל־פְּאַ֖ת נֶ֣גֶב תֵּימָ֑נָה וְהָיָ֨ה גְב֜וּל מִתָּמָ֗ר מֵ֚י מְרִיבַ֣ת קָדֵ֔שׁ נַחֲלָ֖ה עַל־הַיָּ֥ם הַגָּדֽוֹל׃

*Word for word:* and at the.border of.Gad to \[the\].side of.\[the\].south southward and it.will.be \[the\].border from Tamar the.waters of.Meribath Kadesh \[the\].wadi on the sea (the) great

*JPS 1917:* And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the Brook, unto the Great Sea.

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[Ezekiel 47:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.47.19/)

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וּפְאַת֙ נֶ֣גֶב תֵּימָ֔נָה מִתָּמָ֗ר עַד־מֵי֙ מְרִיב֣וֹת קָדֵ֔שׁ נַחֲלָ֖ה אֶל־הַיָּ֣ם הַגָּד֑וֹל וְאֵ֥ת פְּאַת־תֵּימָ֖נָה נֶֽגְבָּה׃

*Word for word:* and.\[the\] side of.\[the\].south southward \[will be\].from.Tamar to the.waters of.Meribath Kadesh \[the\].wadi to the sea (the) great and (et) \[the\].side southward of southward

*JPS 1917:* And the south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth-kadesh, to the Brook, unto the Great Sea. This is the south side southward.

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