- יַמָּא
- יַמָּאch. sam(ים yammah). Targ. Gen. 9:2.Targ. 1 Kings 7:23; a. v. fr.Tarn. 32a, a. fr. נחותי י׳ = יורדי הים, v. preced.; a. fr.Pl. יַמְמַיָּא, יַמְמֵי, יַמַּיָּא, יַמֵּי. Targ. Gen. 1:10. Targ. Ps. 24:2 ed. Lag. (ed. ימיא); a. e.Gitt.57a ומבדרי אשב י׳ (not ומבדרו) and they scatter (his ashes) over seven seas; a. fr.Erub.12a; R. Hash. 35a כי סליק … מיַמֵּי when R. … came up from ‘the waters (prob. channels of the Euphrates; Ar.: יַמֵּי pr. n. pl. Yammé).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.