Immer
im.mer is a proper name used for people and family lines, and also for a place named among returnees’ origins.
The term most often identifies individuals or a family line in genealogies, allotments, and personal relationships; in two returnee lists it also names a place from which people came. All occurrences are tagged as proper nouns.
Senses in use
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Personal and family-line name · dominant
The proper-noun form identifies a lineage in lists of descendants and households: in Ezra 2:37 the APB renders “The sons of Immer,” while in Ezra 10:20 it names the group from which Hanani and Zebadiah came. It also occurs in personal descent statements, such as Maasai being descended from this name in Nehemiah 11:13 and Zadok being called its son in Nehemiah 3:29; Jeremiah 20:1 similarly names Pashhur as its son.
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Place named as an origin · occasional
In the returnee lists, the proper-noun form stands with Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, and Addan or Addon as locations from which people came. In Ezra 2:59 and Nehemiah 7:61, the APB renders the clause as people coming up from these places while unable to establish their ancestral houses or descent.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as a name in expressions such as “sons of Immer” and “son of Immer,” and as one item in a list of places from which people came. These renderings show the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.