אלס

אַלַּס, אִלַּסpr. n. Hellas (= Græcia Magna). (That Italian places are meant in quot. below, is obvious from Targ. Ezek. 27:7, v. אִיטַלְיָא. Targ. Y. I Gen. 10:4 א׳ וטרסס (h. text אלישה ותרשיש) Hellas and Taras (Tarentum, v. טַרְסִיס); Targ. Y. II ib.; Y.Meg.I, 71b bot. אלסטרסס; Gen. R. s. 37, beg. אלוסטרוס, אלסיט׳ (corr. acc.). (Targ. Y. a. Midr. reflect geograph. a. ethnograph. conditions and notions of their own days.