תמרור

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ת־מ־ר (t-m-r)
3 terms

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Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /tamˈʁuʁ/
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Noun

תַּמְרוּר • (tamrúr) m (plural indefinite תַּמְרוּרִים, singular construct תַּמְרוּר־, plural construct תַּמְרוּרֵי־) [pattern: תַּקְטוּל]

(biblical, hapax legomenon) signpost, guidepost
- Tanach, Jeremiah 31:21, with translation of the New International Version:
  הַצִּיבִי לָךְ צִיֻּנִים, שִׂמִי לָךְ תַּמְרוּרִים; שִׁתִי לִבֵּךְ לַמְסִלָּה, דֶּרֶךְ הָלָכְתְּ.
  hatsívi lakh tsiyuním, sími lakh tamrurím; shíti libékh lam'silá, dérekh halákht
  Set up road signs, put up guideposts; take note of the highway, the road that you take.
road sign

Declension

Declension of תַּמְרוּר
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	תַּמְרוּר	first	תַּמְרוּרִי		תַּמְרוּרֵנוּ
	definite	הַתַּמְרוּר	second	תַּמְרוּרְךָ	תַּמְרוּרֵךְ	תַּמְרוּרְכֶם	תַּמְרוּרְכֶן
	construct	תַּמְרוּר־	third	תַּמְרוּרוֹ	תַּמְרוּרָהּ	תַּמְרוּרָם	תַּמְרוּרָן
plural	indefinite	תַּמְרוּרִים	first	תמרוריי / תַּמְרוּרַי		תַּמְרוּרֵינוּ
	definite	הַתַּמְרוּרִים	second	תַּמְרוּרֶיךָ	תמרורייך / תַּמְרוּרַיִךְ	תַּמְרוּרֵיכֶם	תַּמְרוּרֵיכֶן
	construct	תַּמְרוּרֵי־	third	תַּמְרוּרָיו	תַּמְרוּרֶיהָ	תַּמְרוּרֵיהֶם	תַּמְרוּרֵיהֶן

References

H8564 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Klein, Ernest (1987) “תַּמְרוּר”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 707c
“תמרור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language