- נִי׳
- נִמְרֵי, נִמְרִין, נִי׳,pr. n. pl. Nimrin, 1) = בית נמרה, v. preced. art. 2) Nimrin in Syria, the last station of messengers proclaiming the new moon. Y.Keth.II, 26d top עד מקים ששלוחי … עד נ׳ as far as the messengers to announce the new moon go, as far as N. Y.R. Hash. I, 57b bot. אילין דאזלינ לנְמוֹרִין those messengers who go to N.Tosef. Yoma V (IV), 3 ככותבת הנימרין, v. נִמְרִית.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.