First names in Hebrew

First name Tamara: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

תמר

Gematria value: 640

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Tamara is written תמר

Tamara is a form of Tamar, תמר in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Tamara 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

Tamara = 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 Tamara, 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

Tamara, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Tamara in three answers

How do you write Tamara in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Tamara is written תמר. Tamara is a form of Tamar, תמר in Hebrew.

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

What does Tamara 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.