Jastrow: שׁוֹשְׁבִין

שׁוֹשְׁבִין m. (= שבשבין; שבב, cmp. שֵׁיבָבָא, P. Sm. 4341) friend, esp. the bridegroom’s friend or best man who offers gifts and is entitled to reciprocation; also the bride’s friend or agent. Snh. III, 5 אוהב זה שׁוֹשְׁבִינוֹ by ‘friend’ (as disqualified for witness) one’s best man is meant. B. Bath. 144ᵇ לימא תנו לי שׁוֹשְׁבִינִי ואשמח עמו he may say, get me my best man (in whose name the gifts were sent at my wedding), that I may rejoice with him (but since he is dead, I am under no obligation to reciprocate). Tanḥ. Korah 8 לש׳ בתו של מלך וכ׳ this is to be compared to the case of the agent of the king’s daughter (who had to guard her interest at the consummation of the marriage, v. infra), who kept the testimonials of her virginity in his charge; Num. R. s. 1812; a. fr.—[Yalk. Num. 729 שושבינו, read: שׁוֹשָׁטוֹ, v. שׁוֹשָׁטָה.]—Pl. שׁוֹשְׁבִינִין. Tosef. Keth. I, 4 ביהודה היו מעמידין שני ש׳ אחד משל וכ׳ in Judaea they used to put up two groomsmen (as guards), one appointed by the groom’s, and one by the bride’s family; Y. ib. I, 25ᵃ; Bab. ib. 12ᵃ; a. e.