Jastrow: אִלֵּימָא I

אִלֵּימָא I, אִילֵּימָא 1) (= (= אִין if; לי = לָא not; מא quidem, somehow) unless, but for (followed by ש־; cmp. אִלְמָלֵא I). Num. R. s. 18, end אי׳ מֵי … שמעמ׳ וכ׳ but for the sticky substance in the nose intercepting the evil smell. —2) (= אִילּוּ־מָא if somehow) if (ruling the verb without mediation of a relative; cmp. אִלְמָלֵא 2). Ib. א׳ תופשת וכ׳ if (the harsh ringing sound) should take a permanent hold of his ear, it would be bound up (with his body, sub. בלבו as in Tanḥ. Ḥukkath 1, where our w. is substituted by אִלְמָלֵא). —3) v. אִילֵימָא