First names in Hebrew
First name Tami: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling
תמר
Gematria value: 640
Its spelling
In Hebrew, Tami is written תמר
For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.
Meaning and origin
What does Tami mean?
Meaning: pet form of Tamar, "date palm"
Origin: Hebrew
Tami is the pet form of Tamar, used in Hebrew, where it is written תמי, as well as in English. Tamar is a Hebrew word: the date palm, the tree that grows straight and gives its fruit in the desert.
Gematria
Tami = 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
Written תמי (as it sounds in English), Tami is worth 450.
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 Tami, 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
Tami, in nine pages
- Tami, in Hebrew
- Letter by letter
- The number of your name
- The verse of your name
- The portrait of Tami
- Tami, day to day
- What tradition says about names
- The sources
Frequently asked
Tami in three answers
How do you write Tami in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Tami is written תמר. Tami is a pet form of Tamar, תמר in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written תמי.
What is the gematria value of Tami?
Written תמר, Tami is worth 640: the letter Tav (400) + the letter Mem (40) + the letter Resh (200). Written תמי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 450.
What does Tami mean?
Pet form of Tamar, "date palm (origin: Hebrew). Tami is the pet form of Tamar, used in Hebrew, where it is written תמי, as well as in English. Tamar is a Hebrew word: the date palm, the tree that grows straight and gives its fruit in the desert.
A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).