אֶמֶש

אֶמֶשm. (b. h.; √אם; cmp. אמיטתא) 1) twilight, evening, nightfall. Pesik. Vayhi p. 63b>; Pesik. R. s. 17 מא׳ (ו)עד חצות from nightfall to midnight. 2) (adv.) this evening, last night. Meg.3a, a. e. א׳ ביטלתםוכ׳ this evening you neglected the evening offering.Snh.40b א׳ הרגו last night he killed him. B. Mets.60a שמרים של א׳ dregs of last night (yesterday), opp. to היום; a. fr.