{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8559",
  "lemma": "תָּמָר",
  "transliteration": "Tâmâr",
  "definition": "Tamar, the name of three women and a place",
  "kjv": "Tamar.",
  "occurrences": 25,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "תָּמָר n.pr.",
    "1. f.",
    "a. daughter-in-law of Judah",
    "b. daughter of David, sister of Absalom",
    "2. loc. site not certain"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:6",
      "text": "Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:11",
      "text": "Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:13",
      "text": "Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:24",
      "text": "About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 13:1",
      "text": "After this, Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 13:2",
      "text": "Amnon was so troubled that he became sick because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed hard to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 13:4",
      "text": "He said to him, “Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 13:5",
      "text": "Jonadab said to him, “Lay down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, ‘Please…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 13:6",
      "text": "So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 13:7",
      "text": "Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=7"
    }
  ],
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