Lexical Definition

‎תָּמָר‎ Tâmâr (taw-mawr') Tamar ^N:N-F-P
the same as ‎תָּמָר‎

Tamar.

• § Tamar = "palm-tree"
• Tamar, the name of three women and a place

n pr f
1) widow of Er, the son of Judah; fiancee of Shelah, another son of Judah; wife of Judah and mother of Pharez and Zerah
2) daughter of David by Maacah, sister of Absalom, and rape victim of Amnon her half brother, another son of David
3) daughter of Absalom
n pr loc
4) a place on the southern border of Gad

See Greek: Θάμαρ

Extended Information

• a place on the southern border of Gad

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: בַּעַל תָּמָר

II. ‎תָּמָר‎₂₅ proper name

1. feminine
a. daughter-in-law of Judah Gen 38:6; Gen 38:11 (twice in verse); Gen 38:13; Gen 38:24; 1Chr 2:4; Ruth 4:12.
b. daughter of David, sister of Absalom 2Sam 13:1; 2Sam 13:2 + 11 t. 13, 2Chr 3:9.
c. daughter of Absalom 2Sam 14:27.

2. location Ezek 47:19; Ezek 48:28; 1Kgs 9:18 Kt ( > Qr ‎תַּדְמֹר‎ q. v.), so read also || 2Chr 8:4 (for ᵑ0 ‎תַּדְמֹר‎); site not certain, compare Buhl^{G 184.} — ‎בַּעַל תָּמָר‎ see ‎בַּעַל‎.

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Tamar_2 • Landmark on the southeastern border of Israel

Tamar, a place mentioned as a landmark on the southeastern border of the Promised Land (Ezek. 47:18-19; 48:28).

• A location first mentioned at Ezk.47.18;
• only referred to as Tamar תָּמָר.
  

Tamar is mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel as a landmark on the southeastern border of the Promised Land. In Ezekiel's vision of the division of the land among the tribes of Israel, Tamar is listed as a point on the eastern border, alongside the Dead Sea and the Jordan River (Ezek. 47:18-19). It is also mentioned as part of the southern border of the portion allotted to the prince (Ezek. 48:28). The exact location of Tamar is uncertain, but it is believed to have been situated in the Judean Desert, south of the Dead Sea. Some scholars suggest that it may be identified with the site of Ein Hatzeva, an oasis in the Arava Valley.

All entries for Tamar: תָּמָר