- אַמְבָּטֵיס
- אַמְבָּטֵיסm. (ἀναβάτης, contr. ἀμβάτης) prop. rider, traveller on horseback ; hence (sub. חטור) an ass used for marching through the desert alongside of (and sometimes tied to) the camel. Y.Sabb.V, 7b top מהו א׳ what is an ambates? חמר סלק the ass of the traveller (from Egypt to Asia). Y. Kel. VIII, 31c> אבהנוס, אבחטס (corr. acc.). V. לִיבְדְּקֹוס.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
