Landmark on the southeastern border of Israel
Tamar
Named in 3 verses of Ezekiel, first in Ezekiel 47:18.
תָּמָרTamar
The name means “palm; palm-tree.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Tamar Written by AI
Tamar is mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel as a landmark on the southeastern border of the Promised Land. In Ezekiel's vision of the division of the land among the tribes of Israel, Tamar is listed as a point on the eastern border, alongside the Dead Sea and the Jordan River (Ezek. 47:18-19). It is also mentioned as part of the southern border of the portion allotted to the prince (Ezek. 48:28). The exact location of Tamar is uncertain, but it is believed to have been situated in the Judean Desert, south of the Dead Sea. Some scholars suggest that it may be identified with the site of Ein Hatzeva, an oasis in the Arava Valley.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
This entry is on the name Tamar, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.
Palm. (1.) A place mentioned by Ezekiel (47:19; 48:28), on the southeastern border of Palestine. Some suppose this was “Tadmor” (q.v.).
(2.) The daughter-in-law of Judah, to whose eldest son, Er, she was married (Gen. 38:6). After her husband’s death, she was married to Onan, his brother (8), and on his death, Judah promised to her that his third son, Shelah, would become her husband. This promise was not fulfilled, and hence Tamar’s revenge and Judah’s great guilt (38:12-30).
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(3.) A daughter of David (2 Sam. 13:1-32; 1 Chr. 3:9), whom Amnon shamefully outraged and afterwards “hated exceedingly,” thereby illustrating the law of human nature noticed even by the heathen, “Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris”, i.e., “It is the property of human nature to hate one whom you have injured.”
(4.) A daughter of Absalom (2 Sam. 14:27).
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
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Where the Bible names it
- Ezekiel 47:18
On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.
- Ezekiel 47:19
On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.
- Ezekiel 48:28
The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.