חֲמַט II (cmp. חבט) to knock down.—Part. pass. חָמֵיט, חֲמִיט prostrated, kneeling, (as verb) to kneel. Targ. Is. XLVI, 1. Targ. Ps. XCV, 6 נַחֲמוֹט (some ed. נַחֲמִיט). Targ. Y. Deut. XXVIII, 35 חֲמִיטְתּוּן … עבירתא (some ed. חַמִּי׳ incorr.; not עבידתא); cmp. Targ. Job IV, 4 דחָמְטָן. [Koh. R. to IV, 9, end חמטת, some ed., read: דמָטַת.]
    Pa. - חַמֵּיט to prostrate, subdue. Targ. Ps. XVII, 13. Ib. XVIII, 40 Reg. (ed. תברתא).
    Af. - אַחֲמִיט same. Ib. LXXVIII, 31.
    Ithpe. - אִיחֲמַט to knock against, be battered. Sabb. 54ᵇ דלא לִיחַמְטָן אליתייהו Ms. M. (ed. incorr.) that their tails may not knock against (the rocks &c., Rashi; Ar.: ‘may not ulcerate’; v. Syr. חמטא pustula, ulcus, P. Sm. 1303; v. preced.).