שַׁבַּאי, (שָׁבָה) captor, guardsman of captives. Snh. 104ᵃ, sq. Gitt. 58ᵃ נתעלל בה ש׳ וכ׳ the captor abused her the whole night; Yalk. Jer. 276. Tanḥ. ed. Bub. B’shall. 4 נטל את השַׁבַּאיי וכ׳ he took (his son’s) captor and put him on the rack, Yalk. Ex. 225; a. e.—Pl. שַׁבָּאִים, שַׁבְּאִין. Midr. Till. to Ps. XVIII, 8 באו ש׳ ושבו וכ׳ captors came and led his son away; a. e.