שׂוּשׂ, שִׂישׂ (b. h.) to be bright, quick, glad. Sabb. 28ᵃ ששָׂשׂ בגוונין וכ׳ (Ar. שסָס), v. סַסְגּוֹנָא. Cant. R. to I, 9; Mekh. B’shall. s. 6 (play on לססתי, Cant. l. c.) כשם ששַׂשְׂתִּי על … כך (כמעט) ששתי על וכ׳ as I was quick to destroy the Egyptians, so I was (almost) ready to destroy Israel &c. Ib. 1 they praised God שלא ראו … ושָׂשׂוּ וכ׳ that their enemies had not seen (the deaths among them), and rejoiced at their calamity. B. Mets. 83ᵇ שִׂישׂוּ בני מעי שישו rejoice, my entrails, rejoice! Snh. 39ᵇ הוא אינו שָׂשׂ … מֵשִׂישׂ the Lord himself does not rejoice (over the downfall of the wicked), but he causes others to rejoice; דכתיב יָשִׂישׂ ולא כתיב יָשׂוּשׂ for it is written (Deut. XXVIII, 63) yasis (Hif.), and not yasus (Kal); Meg. 10ᵇ; a. e.
Hif. - הֵשִׂישׂ to gladden. Ib., v. supra. Koh. R. to VII, 19 כבד לחמה … הריאה מְשַׂשְׂתָּן the liver is the organ of anger, the gall, of jealousy, the lungs gladden them again; a. e.