שִׁבְשָׁא, (preced. wds.) ramification, branch. Targ. Job XV, 30.—Y. Peah I, 15ᵈ bot. נחתת … כעין ש׳ דנור וכ׳ a fire came down from heaven, and it took the shape of a branch of fire between the bier and the people, v. שַׁבְשָׁבָה. B. Mets. 73ᵃ, v. next w.—Pl. שִׁבְשִׁין, שִׁבְשַׁיָּא, שִׁי׳. Targ. O. Gen. XL, 10; 12. Targ. Joel I, 7 (ed. Wil. שַׁבְּשָׁהָא). Targ. Lam. I, 14; a. e.—Gen. R. s. 59 הוה מרקד אתלת ש׳ used to dance (before bridal couples) with three branches; Keth. 17ᵃ מרקד אתלת (add: ש׳). Gen. R. l. c. דהוה לקיט מינהון ש׳ וכ׳ because he took branches from them and danced &c.; a. e.