Palm, Palm Tree,
tamar. This is a lofty tree without lateral branches, with a large tuft of leafy branches clustering at the top several feet long. At the base of the branches grow the dates in large clusters. Exodus 15:27; Numbers 33:9; Judges 4:5; Song of Solomon 7:7, Song of Solomon 1:7; Jeremiah 10:5; Joel 1:12. The branches were used to construct the booths at the feast of tabernacles. Leviticus 23:40; Nehemiah 8:15; and were strewn in the path on the Lord's last entrance into Jerusalem. John 12:13. There were many representations of palm-trees in the decorations of the temple, as there will also be in the future temple. 1 Kings 1:6-35; 1 Kings 1:7; 2 Chronicles 1:3; Ezekiel 40:16-37; Ezekiel 41:18-26. The palm-tree is used as an emblem of fertility in Psalms 92:12; some trees will bear yearly more than a hundred-weight of dates and for a period of about seventy years. The palm-branches are a token of rest and peace after sorrow. Revelation 7:9. The palm is the Phoenix dactylifera.
CITY OF PALM-TREES. Name given several times to Jericho because of the palms that grew there. Deuteronomy 34:3; Judges 1:16; Judges 3:13, etc.