tamar · Tamar

What it means

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

The name of three women: Judah's daughter-in-law, the daughter of David, sister of Absalom, and a daughter of Absalom; also a town in the south. It 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.

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×5
• Ruth×1
• 2 Samuel×14
• 1 Chronicles×2
• Ezekiel×2

• Genesis 38:6

  Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

• Genesis 38:11

  Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up”; for he said to himself, “Lest he too die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and remained in her father’s house.

• Genesis 38:13

  Tamar was told, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

• Genesis 38:24

  About three months later Judah was told, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has prostituted herself, and moreover, look, she is pregnant by prostitution.” And Judah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned!”

• Ruth 4:12

  And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring that YHWH will give you from this young woman.”

• 2 Samuel 13:1

  After this Absalom son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon son of David loved her.

• 2 Samuel 13:2

  Amnon was so distressed that he made himself ill because of Tamar his sister, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible in the eyes of Amnon to do anything to her.

• 2 Samuel 13:4

  He said to him, “Why are you so weak, son of the king, morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “Tamar, the sister of Absalom my brother, I love.”

• 2 Samuel 13:5

  Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let Tamar my sister come and give me food to eat, and let her prepare the meal before my eyes, so that I may see it and eat from her hand.’”

• 2 Samuel 13:6

  Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill, and the king came to see him. Amnon said to the king, “Please let Tamar my sister come and make two cakes before my eyes, and I will eat from her hand.”

• 2 Samuel 13:7

  David sent to Tamar at home, saying, “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare the meal for him.”

• 2 Samuel 13:8

  Tamar went to the house of Amnon her brother, and he was lying down. She took the dough and kneaded it and made cakes before his eyes and cooked the cakes.

• 2 Samuel 13:10

  Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the meal into the room, and I will eat from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes that she had made and brought them to Amnon her brother in the room.

• 2 Samuel 13:19

  Tamar took ashes and put them on her head, and the long robe that she had on she tore; she put her hand on her head and went away, crying out as she went.

• 2 Samuel 13:20

  Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? Now then, my sister, keep quiet; he is your brother. Do not set your heart on this matter.” So Tamar lived, desolate, in the house of Absalom her brother.

• 2 Samuel 13:22

  Absalom did not speak with Amnon anything, bad or good, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated Tamar his sister.

• 2 Samuel 13:32

  Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said, “Let not my lord say that they have put to death all the young men, the king’s sons, for Amnon alone is dead; for by the mouth of Absalom it had been settled from the day he humiliated Tamar his sister.

• 2 Samuel 14:27

  There were born to Absalom three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar; she was a woman beautiful in appearance.

• 1 Chronicles 2:4

  And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah: five.

• 1 Chronicles 3:9

  All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

• Ezekiel 47:19

  And the south side toward the south: from Tamar to the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, to the Wadi, to the great sea. And this is the south side toward the south.

• Ezekiel 48:28

  And beside the border of Gad, on the side of the south toward the south, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, to the Wadi, to the great sea.

And 2 more times.