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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - תָּמָר
תָּמָר
H8559
Transliteration: Tâmâr
Pronunciation: taw-mawr'
Definition: Tamar
Original: תּמר Transliteration: tâmâr Phonetic: taw-mawr'
BDB Definition:
Tamar = "palm-tree"- widow of Er, the son of Judah; fiancee of Shelah, another son of Judah; wife of Judah and mother of Pharez and Zerah (noun proper feminine)
- daughter of David by Maacah, sister of Absalom, and rape victim of Amnon her half brother, another son of David (noun proper feminine)
- daughter of Absalom (noun proper feminine)
- a place on the southern border of Gad (noun proper locative)