אמנון ותמר
Hebrew
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Etymology
Alludes to the biblical half-siblings אַמְנוֹן m (Amnon) and תָּמָר f (Tamar) with reference to a poem by Shaul Tchernichovsky during the early 20th century.[1]
Noun
אַמְנוֹן וְתָמָר • (amnón vetamár) m
- pansy
References
- “אמנון ותמר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- Gilad, Elon (27/02/2013), “Amnon and Tamar. How an ugly act of the Bible became the name of a beautiful flower”, in (please provide the title of the work) (in Hebrew), Haaretz, retrieved 10/10/2015
Further reading
אמנון ותמר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he