A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/שמן - שמע
manufactured by gentiles; Ab. Zar. 36a. Ib. יהודה רב עש׳ וכ׳ as to gentiles oil, R. Judah and his court voted on it and permitted it. Pes. 83b; Hull. 91a; 92b שמנו the fat surrounding the nervus ischiadicus, v. שומן; a. fr. -שש־ ןaע pine-awood, v. ען. -- Pl. שמנים, שמנין. Sabb.II, 2 בכל מתירין הש׳ allow all kinds of oil to be used for Sabbath lights. Ib. 23a וכ׳ יפין הש׳ כל alltr oils are good for ink, but olive oil is the best. Y. Bicc. I, 64b top; a. fr.
שמן pr. n. m. Shimmon, v. שמעון.
שמנא, שמי׳ c. (v. שמין II) fat, rich. Targ. Y. II. Gen. XLIX, 20 (ed. Vien. שמינה); a. e. -Lam. R. to III, 20, v. חשיך II. B. Bath. 22a ש׳ בשרא fat meat; a. fr. -- Pl. שמנין, שמניא, שמני, שמי׳. Targ. Y. I Deut. VI, 3. Targ. Y. I Gen. l. c. Targ. Y. I, II Deut. XXXII, 14, v. לוואי. Targ. ISam. XV, 9 (ed. Wil. שמי׳); a. fr. - Targ. Gen.IV, 4 משמיניהן ed. Berl. (ed. Vien. משמנהון; ed. Lsb. משמניני׳). - Gen. R. s. 22 (interpret. מחלבהן, Gen. IV, 4) שמניהון מן from the fat among them; Yalk. ib. 35; Y. Meg. I, 72b bot. שמיני׳ מן; Num. R. s. 13, beg.; Lev. R. s. 9; Oant. R. to IV, 16. Yalk. Gen. 115; Gen. R. s. 67 (ref. to משמני, Gen. XXVII, 39) דארעא ש׳ מן of the fat (the rulers or the rich men) of the hand. Ib. [read;] שמינא ארעא מתעבדא הן מן טלא מן שמינין דעבדא wherefrom does the earth become rich so that it begets rich men From the dew; a. fr.
שמנה, v. נמן II.
שמנה f. שמנה m. שמו׳ (b. h.) eioht. Kidd. 30a, v. פסוק. Men. 30a שבתורה פסוקים ש׳ the last eight verses of the Pentateuch. Yoma VII, 5 וכ׳ כלים בש׳ . . . כהן the high priest officiates in eight garments, and the common priest in four. Gen. R. s. 98 (play on שמנה, Gen. XLIX, 20) ש׳ בגדי מעמיד שהוא he (Asher) raises those who wear eight garments (marrying his dowered daughters into priestly families); a. v. fr. -- עשרה ש׳ eighteen. Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) וכ׳ בת היתה שנה ע׳ ש׳ for eighteen years in succession a voice came forth to Nebuchad-- nezar &c.; a. fr. - Esp. עשרה ש׳ (with or sub. ברכות; abbrev. עaש) the eighteen benedictions of the daily prayer (תפלה). Ber. IV, 3 וכ׳ עaש . . . יום בכל on every ordinary day one must recite the eighteen benedictions &c.; מעין שע an abstract of the eighteen &c. Tosef. ib. III, 25 וכ׳ הזכרות ע׳ ש׳ כנגד . . שע the eighteen benedictions Correspond to the eighteen invocations of the Iivine Name in habu &c. (Ps. XXIX); Ber. 28b. Ib.; Meg. 17b וכ׳ עaש הסדיר, v. סדר. Ab. V, 21, v. חופה; a. fr. -- Pl. שמנים, שמו׳ eighty. Kidd. l. c. Ab. l. c. ש׳ בן at the age of eighty years; a. fr.
שמנונית f. (שמן) fatty, oily substance. Y. Meg. I, 71a וכ׳ ש׳ להעביר כדי in order to remove the fat from it (the knife); Y. Bets. III, end, 62b שמינ׳ (corr. acc.); Bab. ib. 28a שמנוניתה. Y. Pes. II, 29c ש׳ בהן בשיש when there is fat in them. Hull. 111a top Rashi, v. next w.; a. e.
שמנוניתא ch. same, fat. Targ. Y. Gen. XLV, 18. - Hull. 111a top ש׳ משום on account of the fat (in the liver which is communicated to the substance boiled with it).
שמני my name, v. שמא. Hull. 51a (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 3).
שמנים, v. שמנה.
שמנין c. שמנין, pl of שמין I.
שמניני m. pl. (שמן) fat animals. Targ. O. Gen. IV, 4 ed. Lsb., v. שמנא.
שמע (b. h.) [to be still,] to hear, listen, obey; to understand. R. Hash. IV, 2 וכ׳ ושומעת . . . עיר כל every township near Jerusalem from where you can see (the city) and hear (the Shofar) &c. Ib. 21b . . . שישמעו עו מקודש until they heard from the mouth of the court mu'kuddash (v. קדש). Snh. 90a לו שמע listen tto him (obey the prophet's command); לו תשמע אל listen not to him. Koth. 5b וכ׳ ישמע אם if a man hears an improper word &c., v. שפה II. Ber. 13a the text (Deut. VI, 4) says hear (or understand'), שומע שאתה לשון בכל recite the Sh'm a in whatever language you understand. R. Hash. III, 7 אם ש׳ שופר קול if he heard the sound of a Shofar; קול ואם ש׳ הברה, v. הברה. Y. Hor. I, 46a top עד שהות לו נותנין שישמע we allow him time enough that he may have heard (the decision of tthe other court), opp. to נשישמע עד (not שישפע) (he is not guilty) until he has really heard it; a. v. fr. Hif. השמיע 1) to cause to hear; to announce. Ber. l. c. וכ׳ לאזניך השמע let thy ears hear what thou utterest &c. Ib. לאזנו ה׳ לא if he read the Sh'm a inaudibly to himself. R. Hash. 28b ומשמיע שומע שיתכוין עד until he that hears (the Shofar) and he that causes tto hear (that blows) have the intention to perform a religious act. Shek. I, 1 משמיעין וכ׳ השקלים על (Y. ed. משמעין, Pi.) public announce- ment is made concerning the contribution of the half. Shekels &c.; a. fr. - 2)(sub.עצמו) to show one's self obedient, be persuaded, surrender, v. Nif.. Pi. שימע 1) to announce, v. supra. Y. Shek. I, beg. 45c; Y. Meg. I, 71a. -- 2) to assemble for mourning serviices, invite. Snh. 47a וכ׳ עליו לשבע לכבודו הלינו if burial is postponed for the honor of the dead, to assemble the sur- rounding townships for his funeral, to bring on lament- ing women &c. Nif. נשמע 1) to be heard; to be listened to, be obeyed. Ber. 6a וכ׳ נשמעת . . חפלה אין mao's prayer is heard only in the house of prayer. Y. ib. V, end, 9b שנשמעה תפלתו that his prayer will be heard (his petition be granted). Erub. 18b וכ׳ שנשמעין בית כל a house in which the words of the Law are heard by night will never be destroyed. Yeb. 65b וכ׳ הנשמע דבר . . . כשם as well as it is proper to say a thing that has been heard (to mention one's authority), so it is proper not to say a thing that has not been heard (for which you cannot cite your authority); a. fr. - 2) to show one's selfwilling; to submit to authority; (of woman) to surrender. R. Hash. 25b אשרי וכ׳ נשמעים שהגדולים הדור blessed the generation in which the superiors (in wisdom) submit to the authority of their inferiors, and how much more when inferiors acknowledge the authority of their superiors-- Snh. 82a לי המעי (ed.