AMITTAI

(fl. c.800)

   Italian Hebrew liturgical poet. Several piyyutim, signed Amittai, are credited to him including the hymn 'Lord I remember thee and am sore amazed'. This is included in the concluding service for the Day of Atonement according to the Ashkenazi rite.

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Jewish: biblical name (meaning ‘true’ or ‘honest’ in Hebrew), borne by the father of Jonah (2 Kings 14: 25).

   True, the father of Jonah the prophet, a native of Gath-hepher (2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1).