חַמְּתָא, Ḥamm’tha, [Ḥot Springs], name of several Jewish places, esp. a) Ḥ. , near Tiberias. Y. Meg. I, 70ᵃ (expl. חמת, Josh. XIX, 35; Bab. Meg. 6ᵃ top חמת זו טבריא). Tosef. Erub. VII (V), 2; Y. ib. V, 22ᵈ bot.; a. e.—b) Ḥ., near Geder. [Meg. l, c. (expl. חמת, Josh. l. c.) זו חמת גדר Ms. M. 2 (ed. חמי גרר).] Y. Erub. VI, 23ᶜ bot.; Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵈ top.—c) Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᶜ bot. ח׳ דפחל Ḥ. near Pella (v. Neub. Géogr. p. 274).—Lam. R. to I, 16 ח׳ (Neub. l. c. p. 115 חמתן) Emmaus in Judæa.—V. אִמָּאוּס.