- חימום) חמם
- (חִימּוּם) חֲמָם m. (v. next w.; cmp. ἄμωμον, v. Sm. Ant. s. v.) amomum, an Indian (also Syriac) spice. Ukts. III, 5 (some ed. incorr. חמס); Nidd.51b חימות (corr. acc.); Sifré Deut. 107 חימום; Y.Erub.IX, end, 25d חכם (corr. acc.); Y.Ḥag.III, 79c חמה (corr. acc.).Gen. R. s. 45, beg. הִ׳ היא צריכה (הימוס, corr. acc.) she needs amomum (as medicine for sterility). Cmp. הִימַלְתָּא, אַמִּיתָא.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
