יממא

• אִימָמָא (ʾīmāmā)
• ܐܝܡܡܐ

From Proto-Semitic *yam-, *yawm-. Doublet of יוֹמָא (yōmā, “day”).

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יְמָמָא • (yəmāmā) m

1. daytime
   • c. 1001, Targum Onkelos, B'reishit 1:5:

     וּקְרָא יְיָ לִנְהוֹרָא יְמָמָא וְלַחֲשׁוֹכָא קְרָא לֵילְיָא וַהֲוָה רְמַשׁ וַהֲוָה צְפַר יוֹמָאחָד:

     uqərā yəyā linəhorā yəmāmā wəlaḥăšoḵā qərā lēləyā wahăwā rəmaš wahăwā ṣəp̄ar yomā ḥaḏ.

     Elohim called the light day, and the darkness He called night. It became evening and it became morning, one day.

• לֵילְיָא (lēləyā, “night”)

• יוֹמָא (yōmā, “day”)

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ (īmāmā)

יממא • (transliteration needed)

1. a female given name