שַׁיִשׁ, שַׁיִישׁ m. (b. h.; = שושו, [smooth,] yellow marble or alabaster. Ḥag. 14ᵇ (in a mystic passage) כשאתם מגיעין אצל אבני ש׳ טהור וכ׳ when you arrive at the stones of pure marble, say not, water, water. Ex. R. s. 10; Midr. Till. to Ps. CV, a. e., v. פְּסִיפָּס. Num. R. s. 16 (play on ששי, Num. XIII, 22) שהיה בריא כש׳ he was as sound as a marble block; Tanḥ. Sh’laḥ 7. Midd. III, 3. Tosef. Ter. X, 10; a. fr.
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שַׁיִשׁ , שַׁיִישׁ m. (b. h.; = שושו , [ smooth, ] yellow marble or alabaster . Ḥag. 14ᵇ (in a mystic passage) כשאתם מגיעין אצל אבני ש׳ טהור וכ׳ when…
References
- Chagigah 14b:8
- Shemot Rabbah 10
- Midrash Tehillim 105
- Jastrow, פְּסִיפָּס 1
- Bamidbar Rabbah 16:26
- Jastrow, שִׁשִּׁי 1
- Numbers 13:22
- Mishnah Middot 3:3
- Tosefta Terumot 10:10