Biblical Hebrew Forum

[vincent AT otxplc.com]

My name is Vincent IMMER, not jewish from swiss/french origin and living in 
Israel for 10 years now. I am wondering what is the real origin of my familly 
name.
I thought it comes from german, IMMER, which means ALLWAYS.
I just discovered that this familly name, IMMER or IMME^R, (or IMER 
sometimes) in english, appears in the Bible related to Cohen people, priest 
in exil in Babylon.
I wondered why the hebrew name was translated in latin with two m?
And also I wondered what is the root of this word or its meaning, I read on 
this list the it means CONSERVED, or GUARDED (which is in this case not so 
far from the meaning ALLWAYS by the way....).
By the way in searching other mentions of this word in the bible I found it 9 
times, it sounds sometimes as a location more than a familly name like "the 
people from the location immer", might it be possible too?
Thank you for you help
Vincent IMMER