שָׁעַע (b. h.; cmp. שְׁעֵי) to smooth, paste.
Pilp. - שִׁעֲשֵׁעַ 1) to smooth, paste over. Y. Kil. I, 27ᵃ top מְשׁעֲשֶׁעֶת את הלב, v. שְׁעוּעִית. —2) to appease, console. Pesik. Naḥămu, p. 126ᵇ ומְשַׁעְשְׁעָהּ בזו, v. פִּיד; ib. ושִׁיעְשְׁעָהּ במצרים consoled her (Assyria) with Egypt; ib. ושיעשעה באשור (not לאשור); Yalk. Job 918; Pesik. R. s. 33 ואם הביא עליהם שבר הוא מְשַׁעֲשֵׁעַ וכ׳ when he brings misfortune upon them, he consoles them one with the other.
Hithpa. - הִשְׁתַּעֲשֵׁעַ,
Nithpa. - נִשְׁתַּעְשֵׁעַ 1) to be appeased, enjoy one’s self. Ex. R. s. 5 (ref. to ישעו, Ex. V, 9) שהיו בידן … מִשְׁתַּעְשְׁעִין בהן וכ׳ they had scrolls with them, in reading which they consoled themselves from Sabbath to Sabbath; אל יהו משתעשעין וכ׳ they shall not enjoy themselves, and they shall not rest on the Sabbath; Tanḥ. Vaëra 6; a. e. —2) to be a pleasure. Tanḥ. T’tsavveh 1 (ref. to Jer. XXXI, 19) מהו ילד שעשועים … ומִשְׁתַּעְשֵׁעַ לאביו what is ‘a child of delight’? Three or four years old, when it begins to talk and becomes a pleasure to his father.