תדמור

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ת־מ־ר (t-m-r)
3 terms

Possibly from the root ת־מ־ר (t-m-r) and thus, possibly cognate with Hebrew תָּמָר (tamár, “date, date palm”).

Cognate with Arabic تَدْمُر (tadmur), Palmyrene Aramaic 𐡶𐡣𐡬𐡥𐡴‎ (Tadmor), and probably English Palmyra.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

תַּדְמוֹר / תַּדְמֹר • (Tadmór) f

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) Tadmor, a town built by Solomon after his conquest of Hamath-zobah.
  2. Palmyra, a city in central Syria, probably the location of the biblical Tadmor.

References

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