H8558 H8558
Date palm, palm tree — a tall, graceful tree yielding fruit and shade, symbol of beauty, victory, and flourishing life
The noun תָּמָר (tamar) denotes the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), one of the most iconic trees of the ancient Near East, valued for fruit, shade, and stately beauty. Israel encounters palms at Elim's oasis with its seventy palm trees (Exod 15:27). Palm branches are waved at the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev 23:40; Neh 8:15). Jericho is 'the city of palm trees' (Deut 34:3; Judg 1:16; 3:13). The psalmist declares 'the righteous shall flourish like the palm tree' (Ps 92:12). Solomon's temple and Ezekiel's visionary temple feature carved palms as decorative motifs (1 Kgs 6:29, 32; Ezek 40:16, 22). Spanish 'palmera' and French 'palmier' translate directly.
Senses
1. palm tree (date palm) — The date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera), prized for its fruit, shade, and stately form throughout the biblical world. Found at Elim's oasis (Exod 15:27), prescribed for the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev 23:40; Neh 8:15), and associated with Jericho as 'the city of palm trees' (Deut 34:3; Judg 1:16; 3:13). Used as a simile for the flourishing of the righteous (Ps 92:12) and as an architectural motif carved into the walls of Solomon's temple and Ezekiel's visionary sanctuary (1 Kgs 6:29, 32; Ezek 40:16, 22). The palm combines practical value with symbolic resonance — fruitfulness, uprightness, and enduring vitality. Spanish 'palmera' and German 'Palme' translate directly. 12×
AR["إِلَى-النَّخْلَةِ", "النَّخيلِ", "النَّخِيلِ", "النَّخْلُ", "بِالنَّخْلَةِ", "كَالنَّخْلَةِ", "نَخيلٍ", "نَخْلٍ", "نَخْلَةً"]·ben["-খেজুরের", "-তাল-গাছে", "-তাল-গাছের-সাথে", "খেজুর", "খেজুর-গাছের", "খেজুরগাছ", "খেজুরগাছগুলির", "খেজুরের", "খেজুরের-", "তালগাছ", "সেই-খেজুরের-মতো"]·DE["[בתמר]", "[התמרים]", "[לתמר]", "[תמר]", "[תמרים]", "der-palm-Baeume", "der-palms", "palm-Baeume", "palms", "wie-ein-Palme-Baum"]·EN["a-palm-tree", "like-a-palm-tree", "on-palm-tree", "palm", "palm-trees", "palms", "the-palm-trees", "the-palms"]·FR["[התמרים]", "[תמרים]", "comme-palmier", "le-palm-arbres", "le-palms", "palm-arbres", "palmier", "palms", "paume-arbres", "sur-le-palmier,", "à-un-palmier,"]·heb["ב-תמר", "ה-תמרים", "התמרים", "כ-תמר", "ל-תמר", "תמר", "תמרים"]·HI["खजूर", "खजूर-की", "खजूर-के", "खजूर-के-पेड़", "खजूर-पर", "खजूरों-का", "खजूरों-के", "खजूरों-के।", "जैसे-खजूर-का-पेड़"]·ID["Pohon-Palem", "dengan-pohon-kurma", "kurma", "pohon-kurma", "pohon-palem", "pohon-pohon-kurma", "seperti-pohon-palem"]·IT["[התמרים]", "[כתמר]", "[תמר]", "[תמרים]", "il-palmo-alberi", "il-palms", "in-su-palm-tree", "palm-alberi", "palmo-alberi", "palms", "per-un-palm-tree"]·jav["dhateng-wit-palem", "ing-wit-palem", "kados-wit-korma", "kurma", "palem", "wit-korma", "wit-kurma"]·KO["그-야자나무들의", "그-종려나무들의", "야자나무", "종려나무", "종려나무-같이", "종려나무-에", "종려나무-와", "종려나무들의", "종려나무들이라", "종려나무의"]·PT["as-palmeiras", "como-a-palmeira", "na-palmeira", "palmeira", "palmeiras", "palmeiras;"]·RU["как-пальма", "на-пальму", "пальм", "пальма", "пальме"]·ES["a-la-palmera", "como-palmera", "las-palmeras", "palmera", "palmeras"]·SW["kama-mtende", "mitende", "mtende", "ya-"]·TR["de-hurmaların", "hurma", "hurma-ağacı", "hurma-ağaçlarının", "hurma-gibi", "hurmaya"]·urd["کھجور", "کھجور-پر", "کھجور-کی-طرح", "کھجور-کے", "کھجور-کے-درخت", "کھجوروں-کا", "کھجوروں-کی", "کھجوروں-کے"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. תָּמָר 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.