Word Study · Strong's H8558 · Hebrew

תָּמָר

tamar

taw-mawr'

Strong's 1890 spelling: tâmâr

“a palm tree”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a palm tree

Rendered in the KJV as

palm (tree).

8
occurrencesin the Old Testament
7 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
8
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 8 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 8

בְתָמָ֔ר1
כַּתָּמָ֣ר1
לְתָמָ֔ר1
תָּמָ֣ר1
תְמָרִ֔ים1
תְּמָרִ֑ים1
תְּמָרִ֔ים1
תְּמָרִ֖ים1

How it is rendered · 5

palm trees4
[the] palm tree1
like the palm tree1
on [the] palm tree1
to a palm tree1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 4

noun · masculine plural4
preposition + noun · masculine singular2
noun · masculine singular1
preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcmpa · 4
HR/Ncmsa · 2
HNcmsa · 1
HRd/Ncmsa · 1

All 8, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Song of Solomon2 of 8 · 25%
Exodus1 of 8 · 13%
Leviticus1 of 8 · 13%
Numbers1 of 8 · 13%
Nehemiah1 of 8 · 13%

Song of Solomon carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Exodus1 occurrence

Exodus 15:27תְּמָרִ֑יםtemarimnoun · masculine pluralThen they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.here: palm trees

Leviticus1 occurrence

Leviticus 23:40תְּמָרִ֔יםtemarimnoun · masculine pluralOn the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.here: palm trees

Numbers1 occurrence

Numbers 33:9תְּמָרִ֖יםtemarimnoun · masculine pluralThey set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.here: palm trees

Nehemiah1 occurrence

Nehemiah 8:15תְמָרִ֔יםtemarimnoun · masculine pluralSo they proclaimed this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”here: palm trees

Psalms1 occurrence

Psalms 92:12כַּתָּמָ֣רkatamarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThe righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.here: like the palm tree

Song of Solomon2 occurrences

Joel1 occurrence

Joel 1:12תָּמָ֣רtamarnoun · masculine singularThe grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.here: [the] palm tree

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled תָּמָר

H8559 · 25×

תָּמָר

Tamar

“Tamar, the name of three women and a place”

Read Exodus 15:27 in context →