Itamar (name)
Itamar (Hebrew: אִיתָמָר, romanized: ʼĪtamar) is Hebrew masculine given name. Variants in English include Etamar, Isamar or Ithamar. It likely originally meant "island of palms" or "father of Tamar".[1] In Aramaic, the word means "saying".[2][3]
In the Tanakh, the name is borne by Ithamar, the youngest son of Aaron. Itamar may also 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]
- ^ Whitelaw, T. (1939). "Ithamar". International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
- ^ "איתמר". Itim (in Hebrew). Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "איתמר פירוש". Milon Online (in Hebrew). Retrieved 23 February 2022.