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 וְתָמָר‎ • (amnón vetamár) m

  1. pansy

References

  1. ↑ 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

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