Original: תָּמָר

Transliteration: Tâmâr

Phonetic: taw-mawr'

Short Definition: Tamar

Original: תּמר

Transliteration: tâmâr

Phonetic: taw-mawr'

BDB Definition:

Tamar = "palm-tree"

1. widow of Er, the son of Judah; fiancee of Shelah, another son of Judah; wife of Judah and mother of Pharez and Zerah (noun proper feminine)
2. daughter of David by Maacah, sister of Absalom, and rape victim of Amnon her half brother, another son of David (noun proper feminine)
3. daughter of Absalom (noun proper feminine)
4. a place on the southern border of Gad (noun proper locative)

Origin: the same as H8558

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech:

Cognate: H8490, H8558, H8560, H8561, H8564