תָּמָר

«תָּמָר» 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 2 verses in layers.

Used: 12 times · Key: 8558 · BDB: תָּמָר

Glosses

the.palm.trees (4); of.palm.trees (2); palm.tree (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

palm-tree tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. palm-tree, date-palm tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. palm-tree, date-palm, Phoenix dactylifera;—ת׳ Jo 1:12; in sim. of prosperity ψ 92:13, of (graceful) stature Ct 7:8, cf. (fig.) v 9; pl. תְּמָרִים in oasis Ex 15:27 (J), ‖ Nu 33:9 (P); כַּפֹּת ת׳ Lv 23:40 (H) palm-branches, cf. עֲלֵי ת׳ Ne 8:15; עִיר הַתְּמָרִים = Jericho Dt 34:3 (JE), 2 Ch 28:15 Ju 1:16; 3:13.—Vid. PostHast.DB; palm-tree M’LeanEncy. Bib. Id. TrNHB 378 ff. Theob. FischerDattelpalme, 1881.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «תָּמָר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 92:13

צַ֭דִּיק כַּתָּמָ֣ר יִפְרָ֑ח כְּאֶ֖רֶז בַּלְּבָנ֣וֹן יִשְׂגֶּֽה׃

Word for word: [the].righteous like.(the) palm tree he.will.flourish like a.cedar in (the) Lebanon he.will.grow

JPS 1917: The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Song of Songs 7:8

זֹ֤את קֽוֹמָתֵךְ֙ דָּֽמְתָ֣ה לְתָמָ֔ר וְשָׁדַ֖יִךְ לְאַשְׁכֹּלֽוֹת׃

Word for word: this stature your it.is.like (to).a palm.tree and breasts your (to) clusters

JPS 1917: This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

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