Itamar (name)
Itamar (Hebrew: אִיתָמָר, romanized: ʼĪtamar), also transcribed to English as Etamar, Isamar or Ithamar, is a Hebrew male given name. It originated with Ithamar, named in the Old Testament of the Bible (which is based on the Tanakh including the Torah) as the youngest son of Aaron.
It is common to interpret the name Itamar (אִיתָמָר) as a compound of two Hebrew words: "אִי" (í) means "island" and "תָמָר" (tamár) means "date palm". So Itamar would literally mean "Date Island".
However, the name is probably from Aramaic; "itmar" in aramaic means "saying" (both as a verb and as a noun),[1] and "itamar" is a past form of this word that means "it was said" or "it is told". This original meaning is preserved in the Talmud.[2][3]
Itamar may refer to:
People[edit]
- Ithamar, Bishop of Rochester (7th century), English bishop
- Itamar Assumpção (1949–2003), Brazilian songwriter and composer
- Itamar Batista da Silva (born 1980), Brazilian football player
- Itamar Ben-Avi (1882–1943), Israeli journalist and pioneer of modern Hebrew
- Ithamar Ben-Canaan (born 1976), Israeli writer
- Itamar Ben-Gvir (born 1976), Israeli politician
- Itamar Biran (born 1998), Israeli alpine ski racer
- Itamar Even-Zohar (born 1939) Israeli sociologist and linguist
- Itamar Franco (1930–2011), Brazilian politician and President
- Issamar Ginzberg (born 1980), Israeli business consultant and journalist
- Ithamara Koorax (born 1965), Brazilian singer
- Itamar Marcus (born 1953), Israeli writer and political activist
- Itamar Marzel (born 1949), Israeli basketball player
- Itamar Moses (born 1977), American writer
- Itamar Nitzan (born 1987), Israeli football player
- Itamar Rabinovich (born 1942), Israeli historian, diplomat and president of Tel Aviv University
- Ithamar Romanos (born 1999), Lebanese female footballer
- Isamar Rosenbaum (1886–1973), Nadvorna Rebbe
- Itamar Rosensweig, American rabbi
- Itamar Schülle (born 1967), Brazilian football manager
- Itamar Shimoni (born 1968), Israeli politician
- Itamar Simonson (born 1951) Professor of marketing at Stanford University
- Itamar Singer (1946–2012), Israeli historian
- Ithamar Sloan (1822–1898), American politician and lawyer
References[edit]
- ^ "איתמר". Itim (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "מילון אבניאון - מה זה איתמר – פירוש המילה איתמר ,פרוש, הסבר, משמעות והגדרה". www.milononline.net. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "מילון מונחי הדיון התלמודי". www.daat.ac.il. Retrieved 2022-02-23.