[1] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

tamar
   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.
   
     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.
   

[2] : Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

tamar, palm; palm-tree

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