•Daughter of David and Maachah the Geshurite princess, and thus sister of Absalom. (2 Samuel
13:1-32; 1 Chronicles 3:9) (B.C. 1033.) She and her brother were alike remarkable for their
extraordinary beauty. This fatal beauty inspired a frantic passion in her half-brother Amnon, the
oldest son of David by Ahinoam. In her touching remonstrance two points are remarkable: first,
the expression of the infamy of such a crime “in Israel” implying the loftier standard of morals
that prevailed, as compared with other countries at that time; and second, the belief that even this
standard might be overborne lawfully by royal authority—“Speak to the king, for he will not
withhold me from thee.” The intense hatred of Amnon succeeding to his brutal passion, and the
indignation of Tamar at his barbarous insult, even surpassing her indignation at his shameful
outrage, are pathetically and graphically told.
•Daughter of Absalom, (2 Samuel 14:7) became, by her marriage with Uriah of Gibeah, the mother
of Maachah, the future queen of Judah or wife of Abijah. (1 Kings 15:2) (B.C. 1023.)
•A spot on the southeastern frontier of Judah, named in (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) only, evidently
called from a palm tree. If not Hazazon-tamar, the old name of Engedi, it may he a place called
Thamar in the Onamasticon [HAZAZON-TAMAR), a day’s journey south of Hebron.
Tammuz
(sprout of life), properly “the Tammuz,” the article indicating that at some time or other the
word had been regarded as an appellative. (Ezekiel 8:14) Jerome identifies Tammuz with Adonis,
of Grecian mythology, who was fabled to have lost his wife while hunting, by a wound from the
tusk of a wild boar. He was greatly beloved by the goddess Venus, who was inconsolable at his
loss. His blood according to Ovid produced the anemone, but according to others the adonium,
while the anemone sprang from the tears of Venus. A festival in honor of Adonis was celebrated
at Byblus in Phoenicia and in most of the Grecian cities, and even by the Jews when they degenerated
into idolatry. It took place in July, and was accompanied by obscene rites.
Tanach
a slight variation of the name Taanach. (Joshua 21:26)
Tanhumeth
(consolation), the father of Seraiah in the time of Gedaliah. (2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8)
(B.C. before 582.)
Taphath
(ornament), the daughter of Solomon, who was married to ben-Abinadab. (1 Kings 4:11) (B.C.
about 1000.)
Taphon
one of the cities in Judea fortified by Bacchides. 1 Macc. 9:50. It is probably the Beth-tappuah
of the Old Testament.
Tappush
(the apple-city).
•A city of Judah, of the Shefelah or lowland. (Joshua 15:34)
•A place on the boundary of the “children of Joseph.” (Joshua 16:8; 17:8) Its full name was probably
En-tappuah. (Joshua 17:7) (“Around the city was a district called the land of Tappuah; the city
belonged to Ephraim and the land to Manasseh. (Joshua 17:8) ”—Schaff.)
•One of the sons of Hebron, of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:43) It is doubtless the same as
Beth-tappuah. (B.C. before 1450.)
Tarah
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