איס׳

אִסְפַּמְיָא, אִיסְ׳pr. n. (= סיף־ימא, or סיף־מיא) 1) (prob. of Phœn. origin) Hispania, Spain. Nidd.30b. B. Bath.III, 2 כדי שיהיה בא׳וכ׳ long enough for the owner to be in Spain, while the present occupant may occupy his property for one year, and for people to travel a year and notify him, and for him to come back the next year (and raise his claim). Ber.62a. Yeb.63a. 2) (= אַפַּמְיָא q. v.) Apamæa, several towns, esp. one each in Bithynia, Mesopotamia and Syria. Y.Shebi.VI, beg.36a (h. קנזי); Gen. R. s. 44, end; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 60, beg. מא׳ ומחבירותיה from Ap. and her sisters (country towns) (in Babylon or Mesopotamia); ib. s. 30 מאספוטמיא; s. 44 ממספ׳ (corr. acc.)Targ. Ob. v. 20 Ar. (ed. ספמיא)). B. Bath.74b ימה של א׳ = פמייס as Ms. M. V. אִסְפַּנְיָא.