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Tamar

American  
[tey-mer, tah-] / ˈteɪ mər, ˈtɑ- /

noun

  1. the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. 2 Samuel 13.


Etymology

Origin of Tamar

From Hebrew Tāmār “palm tree, date palm”

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He is survived by his second wife, Tamar Hord; his daughter; a son, Noel Daniel Hord; a brother, two sisters, and three grandchildren.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Tamar Cohen agreed that she would not be deterred and planned to attend her synagogue as usual.

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

"This is actually a consensus," Prof Tamar Hermann, a senior research fellow who helped carry out the survey, said.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2026

Carleigh Bodrug’s “Scrappy Cooking” and Tamar Adler’s “The Everlasting Meal Cookbook” are brilliant companions for this mindset, offering clever, unexpected ways to elevate what might otherwise be scraps.

From Salon Dec. 28, 2025

This is how the greatest bakery in New Jolfa came to be called Akh Tamar.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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