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Tamar

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[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”

Example Sentences

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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

Rabbi Tamar Magill-Grimm, whose Temple Beth Jacob congregation has collected food and money for families, demanded the prosecution of those responsible for shooting Alex Pretti and Good.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 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

And the undisputed king of kings—the shah-in-shah—of these bakeries was Akh Tamar.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri