שַׁבְּתַאי, (b. h.) pr. n. m. (b. h.) pr. n. m. Sabbethai. Yoma 83ᵃ; B. Bath. 90ᵇ ש׳ אצר פירי, v. אַצָּר. Bets. 32ᵇ ש׳ בר מרינוס. Y. Shebi. II, 34ᵃ ר׳ ש׳ דצדוקי (ed. Krot. שִׁי׳). Y. Succ. IV, end, 54ᵈ ר׳ שׁוּ׳. Y. Ḥall. II, 58ᶜ. Y. Snh. VIII, beg. 26ᵃ; Bab. Snh. 69ᵃ; a. fr.
שַׁבְּתַאי, the planet Saturn. Sabb. 156ᵃ האי מאן דבש׳ יהי גבר דמחשבוהי בטלין Ms. O. (ed. מחשבתיה) he who was born under Saturn shall be a man whose plans will be frustrated (בטל being the Chald. equivalent of שָׁבַת). Gen. R. s. 10 יש מזל … והוא ש׳ there is a planet which completes its circuit in thirty years; it is Saturn. Pirké d’R. El. ch. VI יום רביעי ש׳ Saturn rules on the fourth day of the week. Pesik. R. s. 20; a. e.