אלתית f. Iltith, name of a large fish (prob. from
its place, v. חולתא). Makhsh. VI, 3(Mish. ed. אלתות). Tosef.
Kel. B. Mets. V, 7.
אלתר (=עלאתר־) on the spot, forthwith, always with לי. Gitt. III, 3 (Mish. Talm. Y. אתר על). R. Hash. 6a; a. v. fr. (in Hebr. phraseol.).
אם (b. h.; cmp. או a. אי) 1) if, when. Mekh. Yithro, end רשות שבתורה א׳ כל every n (If) in the Torah refers tto voluntary actions (which you may or may not do) except three &c. Y. Gitt. VII, 48d א׳ דאמר בגין because he said, Hf (I die), i. e. conditional divorce. Succ. 53a כאן אני א׳ when I am here; a. fr. -- 2) whether. Yoma. III, 1; a. fr. -- א׳ . . . א׳ whether . . . or. Y. Pes. VI, beg. 33a וכ׳ פסח א׳ whether or not the Passover ceremonies supersede the Sabbath; a. fr. [Ib. תוחלת יש אם read אפשר וכ׳ יש, as before.] - כן אם (abbrev. א״כ) if this be so. Ber. I, 1; a. fr. -- כן אם אלא (abbr. אא״כ) only when indeed, not until, unless. Keth. 76a; a. fr.
אם f. (b. h.; אמם, אמה, אם; to press, embrace, poin, sapport, lead; v. אמן, אמר, אמן &c.; cmp. אב) 1) mother, freq. ==my mother. Sabb. 134a; a. fr. -- Y. M. Kat. III, beg. 81c אמו חק הניח left his mother's lap (Palestine). -- Num. R. s. 10 (ref. to immo Prov. XXXI, 1) וכ׳ התורה . . . זו אמו 'his mother' that means the Law which trained Solomon and which is called a mother of those studying it, as you read (Prov. II, 3; text אם is read אםem). -- 2)womb, mouth of the womb. Hull. III, 2(54a) וכ׳ האם ניטלה if the mouth of the womb is absent, cut out. Bekh. IV, 4 (28b). -- Trnsf. legitimate existence, authority. Succ. 6b, a. fr. למסורת א׳ יש the traditional Scripture text (etters without vowels) is authoritative in Biblical interpretation, opp. למקרא א׳ יש the tradit- ional reading (vowels) must guide us, e. g. בחלב (Ex. XXIII, 19) may be read בחלב as the traditional vocal- ization, or בחלב in the fat of. -- Pl. אמהות, אימהות. Kidd. IV, 4 her genealogy must be traced back א׳ ארבע to the mothers of four generations (on each side) which is eight mothers. Y. Snh. II, 20b bot. they are not אלא אמהות אימהות maid-servants but mothers (of the nation). -- Trnsf. בצלים של א׳ seed-onions. Peah III, 4. Erub. 29a; a. e. - Ch. אימא. [Koh. R. to XII, 7 דבצלי׳ א׳, v. אמה.]
אמא, v. אימא.
אמא cubit, v. אמתא.
אמא I, אמא f. =h. אמה. Targ. O. Deut. XXIII, 18; אמהא.
אמא II, אמי, fut. יימא, imper. אימא (אם to join, v. אמר) to say, speak, think. Targ. Y. Gen. XXXIII, 10. -- Preq. in Talmud. -- תימא אפילו even if you will say, i. e. it may come right even if you assume that &c. Succ. 13b; a. fr. -- לימא מי, מיזנימא), or לימא must it be said, does it mean to sayh Ib.; a. fr. -תימא־ וכי (ואי) and if you should object. Ib.; a. fr. - אימא אלא but rather say, i. e. the correct version is. Ib.; a. fr. -- סיפא אימא now read the second clause, i. e. how will you understand &c. ? Ber. 21b; a. fr. -- אימא Imight think. Ib.; a. fr. -- אמינא הוה might have thought, Imight have been led to believe. Erub. 74b א׳ הוה מאי what might I have been led to believe?; a. fr. -- כוותיה נימא let him express his opinion n agreement with his authority, i. e. why does he not say so expressly? Taan. 3a; a. fr. -- Pes. 7b נימא היכי what. else should he say? למול נימא should he use the ex- pression lamolh-- Gitt. 47b, a. fr. אמינא ס״ד it may occur to you to think; v. דעתא. Yoma 85b הוה התם הואי אי אמינא had I been there, I should have said. -- קאמינא= אמינא קא I say, speak of, v. קא. Gitt. 47b; a. fr.
אמאוס, אימאוס pr. n. pl. (~~~~~, ~~~~~. hellenized form of חמה, חמתה) Emmaus, Ammaus, a town in the plain of Judea (or Philistea), renowned, in Tahmudic days, for its warm springs and luxurious life. Koh. R. to VII, 7, a. e. [Ib. 11 אימוניס prob. אימאוס.] Cmp. דימסית. [Other forms; עמאוס, עמיס, אמאום, עמאים. For other places by that name, v. Neub. Geogr. p. 100.]
אמאי (=מאי אלמה=על) wherefore? why? לא א׳ why not? Sabb. 48a. Erub. 70a; a. v. fr.
אמאן (=מאן על) to whom?, v. א־ and מאן.
אמבוה, אמבוהא m. (Pers. anbuh, Perl. Et. St. p. ה; cmp., however, עם מבוא Ezek. XXXIII, 31) crowd, escort. Yoma 87a; Snh. 7b. Succ. 55a.
אמבול m., pl. אמבולין (=עינבול; ענב) little grape, i. e. clapper in the bell. Y. Sabb. VI, beg. 7 אמבולי להן עשה (corr. acc.) he put clappers in. V. אנבול.
*אמבוניא, Lev. R. s. 5 דסדום א׳ על Ar. (ed. by cler. error אילנייא) read אמבטיא towers, battlements; v. אנבטי.
אמבורקלון, אמבוריקלון m. אנבורקרא f. (po~~tאko, imburuclum, corrupt. of involucrum, D. C. s. v.) wrapper, cover, bundle. Y. BB. Mets. IV, beg. 9a בא׳ ין . . . א המחליף Ar. (read ון . . . .; ed. אברוקלון באמבירוקלון, corr. acc.) if one exchanges one bundle for another; cmp. ציבור ibid. - Pl. אנבורקראות. B. Kam. 114b ed. (Ar. אנבקראות, Ms. M. אגבו׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note).
אמבטה, אמבטי f. (v. next w.) bottom. Gen. R. s. 68, v. דייטי. אמבטי, אבטי f. (בט, v. אבטא; מ inserted) bath- tub, balhing reservoir. Ned. IV, 4 (Var. טיא . . .). Hag. 15a אב׳ Ar. (ed. אמב׳); a. fr. - Pl. אמבטיות, אמבטאות (אמבטיאות). Y. Sabb. III, 6a. - Bab. ib. 40a אמבטי׳ (Ar. אבטאות); Tosef. ib. III (IV), 3 ed. Zuck. אבטאות (Var. אמבטאות) baths in large cities with ambulatories (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Baths). [Y. Pes. III, beg. 29d בצק של א׳ (), prob. a corruption.] Cmp. בטח II.
*אמבטיס m. (~~~~~, contr. ~~~~~) prop- rider, traveller on horseback &c.; hence (sub. חמור) an ass used for marching through the desert alongside of
