שֶׁבֶת II, seat. Esth. R. to I, 2 מקום הש׳ the place of the throne. Ib. כדי שיהא המלך יושב בש׳ וכ׳ so that the king might be seated in the chair with the crown &c. Nidd. 16ᵇ, v. מָרוֹם; a. e.
שֶׁבֶת II, sitting idle, indemnity for loss of time (Ex. XXI, 19). B. Kam. VIII, 1 ש׳ רואין אותו וכ׳ to estimate indemnity for loss of time, we consider the person concerned, as if he were a watchman in a cucumber field. Ib. 85ᵃ דמי שִׁבְתּוֹ indemnity for his enforced idleness. Ib. שבתו ורפואתו כל שחייב בש׳ וכ׳ the text places on parallel lines indemnity for loss of time and healing expenses: whenever one is bound to pay for loss of time, one is bound to pay for healing. Ib. 86ᵃ ש׳ גדולה וש׳ קטנה the larger indemnity (for the permanent incapacitation, e.g. the value of the earning capacity of a maimed hand), and the smaller indemnity (for the time of sickness); Gitt. 42ᵃ; a. fr.—Pl. (ch.) שִׁבְּתִּין. Y. B. Kam. VIII, 6ᵇ bot. תרין ש׳ אינון there are two kinds of indemnity for incapacitation (the larger and the smaller, v. supra).