Lexicon
תָּמָר
ta.mar
H8558
H:N-M Hebrew

palm

12
Occurrences
10
Books
Hebrew
Language

ta.mar denotes the palm tree, including its branches and its use in descriptions of a palm-associated city.

The term denotes the palm tree in accounts of water-side vegetation, withered field trees, and a tree climbed for its branches; it also occurs in descriptions of a city identified by its palms and of branches gathered for booths.

Senses in use

  1. Palm tree and its visible growth · dominant

    The plural form names trees at Elim beside twelve springs in Exodus 15:27 and Numbers 33:9, while the APB renders the singular among withered field trees in Joel 1:12 and as the tree climbed for its branches in Song of Songs 7:8. The same noun occurs in the expression rendered "city of the palm trees" in Deuteronomy 34:3 and Judges 3:13, and in lists of branches in Leviticus 23:40 and Nehemiah 8:15.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "palm trees," "the palm," "palm branches," and "city of the palm trees" across the supplied verses. In Psalm 92:13 and Song of Songs 7:9, the translation does not clearly isolate its contribution.

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