HebrewH5899Noun

עִיר הַתְּמָרִים

ir hat.t.ma.rim

4Occurrences
H5899Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ir-hat-Temarim, a place in Palestine

from H5892 (עִיר) and the plural of H8558 (תָּמָר) with the article interpolated; city of the palmtrees;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Ir-hatmarim = "the city of palmtrees" another name for 'Jericho'

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

עִיר הַתְּמָרִים appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
2
2 Chronicles
1
Deuteronomy
1

Key Passages

2 Chronicles 28:15BSB

Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

Deuteronomy 34:3BSB

the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.

Judges 1:16BSB

Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.

Judges 3:13BSB

After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.

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