חֲמָם, (v. next w.; cmp. ἄμωμον, v. Sm. Ant. s. v.) amomum, an Indian (also Syriac) spice. Ukts. III, 5 (some ed. incorr. חמס); Nidd. 51ᵇ חימות (corr. acc.); Sifré Deut. 107 חימום; Y. Erub. IX, end, 25ᵈ חכם (corr. acc.); Y. Ḥag. III, 79ᶜ חמה (corr. acc.).—Gen. R. s. 45, beg. הִ׳ היא צריכה (הימוס, corr. acc.) she needs amomum (as medicine for sterility). Cmp. הִימַלְתָּא, אַמִּיתָא.