Itamar (name)


Itamar, also spelled Ithamar or Etamar, is Hebrew masculine given name. The name means "isle of palms" in Hebrew, from the Hebrew i and tamar. The Yiddish form is Issamar, also spelled Isamar. No feminine form of the name exists in Hebrew or Yiddish but it is feminized in Portuguese and Spanish by adding an -a to the end of the name, making it Itamara or Ithamara. It is etymologically related to the feminine Hebrew name Tamar.
In Judaism, Ithamar is the youngest son of Aaron and the nephew of Moses. He is mentioned in the Book of Leviticus.

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