שַׁד, , v. Ges. Thes. s. v.) female breast. Tosef. Sot. IV, 3 (ref. to לשד, Num. XI, 8) מה שד זה עיקר וכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. דד) as the breast is essential for the child and everything else is of secondary import, so was the manna &c.; מה שד זה אם יונק וכ׳ as the breast does not harm the child, even if it suck it an entire day &c.; Yoma 75ᵃ מה שד זה תינוק וכ׳ as the child finds in the breast all tastes &c.—Du. שָׁדַיִם; pl. constr. שְׁדֵי. Gen. R. s. 42; Yalk. ib. 72, v. preced. Tanḥ. Sh’moth 25 והיונקים כחלב משרי אמם and the sucklings found in the manna a taste like that of the milk from their mothers’ breast (ref. to Num. l. c.). Ber. 3ᵃ. Sot. 30ᵇ; a. fr.