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title: תֹּמֶר — palm-tree · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֹּמֶר (lemma:תֹּמֶר), 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:** lemma:תֹּמֶר · **BDB:** תֹּ֫מֶר

### Glosses

a.scarecrow (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

palm-tree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b9_5bc_5de_5b6_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. palm-tree, post [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b9_5bc_5de_5b6_5e8/#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, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 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/lemma_3a_5ea_5b9_5bc_5de_5b6_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 10:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.10.5/)

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כְּתֹ֨מֶר מִקְשָׁ֥ה הֵ֙מָּה֙ וְלֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ נָשׂ֥וֹא יִנָּשׂ֖וּא כִּ֣י לֹ֣א יִצְעָ֑דוּ אַל־תִּֽירְא֤וּ מֵהֶם֙ כִּי־לֹ֣א יָרֵ֔עוּ וְגַם־הֵיטֵ֖יב אֵ֥ין אוֹתָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* \[are\].like a.scarecrow of.a.cucumber.field they and not they.speak actually.(carry) they.are.carried (dm) not they.walk do.not be.afraid from them (dm) not they.do.harm and also doing.good there.\[is\].not them

*JPS 1917:* They are like a pillar in a garden of cucumbers, and speak not; they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

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