- אִימָּאוּס
- אִמָּאוּס, אִימָּאוּסpr. n. pl. (Ἐμμαούς, Ἀμμαούς, hellenized form of חמה, חמתה) Emmaus, Ammaus, a town in the plain of Judæa (or Philistæa), renowned, in Talmudic 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. Géogr. p. 100.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
