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ʿīr hattᵊmārīm עִיר הַתְּמָרִים ‘Ir-hatmarim’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿīr עִיר ‘excitement / city’ and the plural of tāmār תָּמָר ‘palm’ with the article inserted
Roots: עיר ער עיר תמר

ʿīr hattᵊmārīm pr n loc
Ir-hatmarim = "the city of palmtrees"
1) another name for 'Jericho'

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2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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