תמר

Aramaic

Verb

תמר • (transliteration needed)

1. to wink, to blink

Hebrew

תמר

Root
ת־מ־ר (t-m-r)

Etymology

An early borrowing from Aramaic תמרא (the vocalization of which varies by lect), even Arabic تَمْر (tamr, “date”) is borrowed from it; cognate to Arabic ثَمَر (ṯamar, “fruit”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

תָּמָר • (tamár) m (plural indefinite תְּמָרִים) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. date (the fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel)
   • a. 230 C.E., Tosefta, Pesachim 10:8:

     אֵין מַפְטִירִין אַחַר הַפֶּסַח אֲפִיקוֹמָן כְּגוֹן אֱגוֹזִים תְּמָרִים וּקְלִיּוֹת

     Ein mafṭirín aḥár ha-Pésaḥ afiqóman k-gón egozím t'marím u-qliyót.

     We may not continue after the Passover offering with desserts like nuts, dates, or toasted grain.

2. date palm, palm tree in general
   • Tanach, Exodus 15:27, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אֵילִ֔מָה וְשָׁ֗ם שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֛ה עֵינֹ֥ת מַ֖יִם וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים תְּמָרִ֑ים וַיַּחֲנוּ־שָׁ֖ם עַל־הַמָּֽיִם׃

     Va-yavó'u Elíma v-sham shtéim esréi enót máyim v-shiv'ím t'marím va-yaḥanu sham al ha-máyim.

     And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and three score and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters.

   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 34:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְאֶת־הַנֶּ֗גֶב וְֽאֶת־הַכִּכָּ֞ר בִּקְעַ֧ת יְרֵח֛וֹ עִ֥יר הַתְּמָרִ֖ים עַד־צֹֽעַר׃

     V'et ha-négev v-et ha-kikár biq'át Y'reiḥó ir ha-t'marím 'ad Tsó'ar.

     the Negeb; and the Plain—the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees—as far as Zoar.

Synonyms

• דֶּקֶל (déqel)

Proper noun

תָּמָר • (tamár) f

1. a female given name, Tamar
2. (biblical) Tamar (a daughter-in-law of Judah)
3. (biblical) Tamar (a daughter of David)
4. (biblical) Tamar (a daughter of Absalom)

Derived terms

• אַמְנוֹן וְתָמָר (amnón vetamár)

References

• Barton, George Aaron (1902) A sketch of Semitic origins, social and religious‎^[1], New York and London: The Macmillan Company, page 76
• Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, pages 21–22
• Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 204
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 316
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 528
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1875) Mandäische Grammatik‎^[4] (in German), Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, page 107
• H8559 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• תמר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he