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Palmyra in Hebrew is תַּדְמוֹר (tadmór).

Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.

תַּדְמוֹר
tadmór
name · feminine
In English

Palmyra

/pælˈmaɪ.ɹə/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with P

These are the Hebrew words for Palmyra as a name.

ancient city

  • תַּדְמוֹרתדמורtadmórfeminine

This is more about the Hebrew word תַּדְמוֹר.

Written with vowel points
תַּדְמוֹר
Written without vowel points
תדמור
Said
tadmór
Its meanings in English
Palmyra, Tadmor, a town built by Solomon after his conquest of Hamath-zobah, Palmyra, a city in central Syria, probably the location of the biblical Tadmor

These words come before and after Palmyra in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨Palmyra⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨Palmyra⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨Palmyra⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨תַּדְמוֹר⁩, said tadmór. Without vowel points it is written ⁨תדמור⁩.

Is ⁨תדמור⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨תדמור⁩ is feminine.

What else does ⁨תדמור⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨Palmyra⁩, ⁨תדמור⁩ can mean ⁨Tadmor, a town built by Solomon after his conquest of Hamath-zobah and Palmyra, a city in central Syria, probably the location of the biblical Tadmor⁩.

How is ⁨Palmyra⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨Palmyra⁩ is pronounced ⁨/pælˈmaɪ.ɹə/⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry Palmyra and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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