אמנון ותמר

Hebrew

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 וְ תָמָר • (amnón vetamár) m

pansy

References

“אמנון ותמר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Gilad, Elon (2013 February 27) “Amnon and Tamar. How an ugly act of the Bible became the name of a beautiful flower”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎ (in Hebrew), Haaretz, retrieved 2015-10-10

Further reading

אמנון ותמר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

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