Amram

Amram is a Hebrew personal name ( עמרם ). In Arabic, it is Imran ( عمران, DMG ʿ Imraan ).

Etymology

The typical West Semitic personal name Am ( i) ram means about uncle is sublime. Uncle here referred to more precisely the brother of the father. This name -forming element is likely to be interpreted as a deified ancestor.

Origin

The name of Amram comes in Tanach twice before:

  • After Ex 6.20 EU Amram and his wife Jochebed were the parents of Moses and Aaron. After Num 26,58 f EU was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, the ancestor of the Levites. They have also given birth to Miriam. This is called in Ex 15,20 EU prophetess, who sang the praises of YHWH after the rescue from the Red Sea. All three children led the Israelites into the biblical narrative from slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land. From Amram himself nothing is handed down.
  • Ezra 10:34 EU calls a Amram as one of the returnees from the Babylonian exile (around 539 ). Accordingly, he was a priest and had married a foreign woman. When his father a Bigvai is called.

Amram in the Quran

Sura 66:12 of the Quran refers to the name in the Arabic script ' Imraan on the father of Mary, but that does not Miriam, but Mary, the mother of Jesus said. He is thus the grandfather of Isa ibn Maryam ( Jesus of Nazareth ), who is called in Protevangelium of James Joachim.

In Sura 3:33, the " clan of Amram " (Al ʿ Imraan ) of the " family of Abraham" (Al Ibrāhīm ) is provided as chosen by God to the family page. Since the " clan of Amram " is one of the main themes of the Qur'an, it has received the name Āl ʿ Imraan.

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

  • Amram of Mainz, also Amram de Mayence or Mentz Amram ( 10th century), legendary Rabbi of Mainz
  • Amram Mitzna ( b. 1945 ), Israeli politician German - Jewish descent
  • Amram Nowak (1927-2005), was an American film producer, film director and writer
  • Amram ben Scheschna (d. ≈ 880 ), since about 860 to Sura Gaon as the successor of Natronaj II

Last name

  • Dave Amram ( born 1930 ), American jazz musician ( horn ) and composer
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