First names in Hebrew

First name Tamar: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

תמר

Gematria value: 640

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Tamar is written תמר

Meaning and origin

What does Tamar mean?

Meaning: "date palm"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name is a Hebrew word: tamar, "the date palm", the straight tree of the desert that gives its fruit even under the harshest sun. The psalm makes it the image of the righteous: "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree" (Psalms 92:13). In Russian and Georgian it became Tamara.

Gematria

Tamar = 640

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. תמר has 3 letters:

• תthe letter Tav400
• מthe letter Mem40
• רthe letter Resh200
• Total640

The verse of the name

From the letter Tav to the letter Resh

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Tamar, from ת to ר:

תַּחַת הֱיוֹתֵךְ עֲזוּבָה וּשְׂנוּאָה וְאֵין עוֹבֵר וְשַׂמְתִּיךְ לִגְאוֹן עוֹלָם מְשׂוֹשׂ דּוֹר וָדוֹר׃

“Instead of being forsaken and hated, with no one passing through you, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy for generation after generation.”

Isaiah 60:15

The book of your first name

Tamar, in nine pages

• Tamar, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Tamar
• Tamar, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Tamar in three answers

How do you write Tamar in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Tamar is written תמר.

What is the gematria value of Tamar?
Written תמר, Tamar is worth 640: the letter Tav (400) + the letter Mem (40) + the letter Resh (200).

What does Tamar mean?
Date palm (origin: Hebrew). Your name is a Hebrew word: tamar, "the date palm", the straight tree of the desert that gives its fruit even under the harshest sun. The psalm makes it the image of the righteous: "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree" (Psalms 92:13). In Russian and Georgian it became Tamara.