HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1193
בַּ֫עַל תָּמָר
ba.al ta.mar — Baal-tamar
§ Baal-tamar = "lord of the palms" a place near Gibeah in Benjamin
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Baal-tamar
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Lord of palm trees, a place in the tribe of Benjamin near Gibeah of Saul (Judg. 20:33). It was one of the sanctuaries or groves of Baal. Probably the palm tree of Deborah (Judg. 4:5) is alluded to in the name.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.