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baÌ„-al-tā´mar בּעל תּמר, ba‛al taÌ„maÌ„r; Βαὰλ ΘαμαÌÏ, BaaÌl ThamaÌr, “Baal of the palm treeâ€): Evidently a seat of heathen worship () between Bethel and Gibeah (compare , ). The place was known to Eusebius (Onomasticon, which see), but trace of the name is now lost. Conder suggests that it may be connected with the palm tree of Deborah () which was between Bethel and Ramah (HDB, under the word).