חֲמָת, (b. h.) Hamath, a Syrian city, near the later Antiochia. Targ. O. Num. XIII, 21 (Y. אנטוכיא); ib. XXXIV, 8 (Y. טיבריא, v. חַמְּתָא); a. fr.—Num. R. s. 10 (ref. to Am. VI, 2) זו חֲמת אנטוכיא that is H. near Antiochia (Yalk. Am. 545 זה אנט׳).