Strong’s H5899 · Hebrew

עִיר הַתְּמָרִים
ʻÎyr hat-Tᵉmârîym
eer hat-tem-aw-reem'

Definition

Ir-hat-Temarim, a place in Palestine

Etymology

from H5892 (עִיר) and the plural of H8558 (תָּמָר) with the article interpolated; city of the palmtrees;

Where the KJV renders it

  • the city of palmtrees

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