tamar · palm tree

What it means

tamar (תָּמָר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “palm tree”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A tall tree with a straight trunk and a crown of long leaves, bearing dates and growing where there is water.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• palm ×5
• palm trees ×5
• Palms ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Leviticus×1
• Numbers×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• Judges×2
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Psalms×1
• Song of Songs×2
• Joel×1

• Exodus 15:27

  They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they camped there by the water.

• Leviticus 23:40

  And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before YHWH your Elohim seven days.

• Numbers 33:9

  They set out from Marah and came to Elim; and at Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

• Deuteronomy 34:3

  and the Negev, and the plain, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

• Judges 1:16

  The sons of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up from the City of Palms with the sons of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the Negev of Arad; and he went and lived with the people.

• Judges 3:13

  He gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek, and he went and struck Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.

• 2 Chronicles 28:15

  Then the men who had been designated by name rose up and took charge of the captives; and all the naked among them they clothed from the spoil; they clothed them, gave them sandals, gave them food and drink, anointed them, led them on donkeys, all who stumbled, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, beside their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

• Nehemiah 8:15

  and that they should make it heard and pass a proclamation through all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, and branches of oil tree, and branches of myrtle, and branches of palm, and branches of leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”

• Psalms 92:12

  The righteous will flourish like the palm tree; like a cedar in Lebanon he will grow.

• Song of Songs 7:7

  This stature of yours is like a palm tree, and your breasts like clusters.

• Song of Songs 7:8

  I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its branches.” And please let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the fragrance of your nose like apples,

• Joel 1:12

  The vine has dried up, and the fig tree languishes; pomegranate, palm too, and apple tree, all the trees of the field have dried up; for joy has dried up from among human beings.