שָׁהוּת, (שָׁהָה) while, time. Y. Ber. I, 2ᵈ top; Gen. R. s. 12 על ידי ש׳ in the course of time. Meïl. 6ᵃ (in Chald. dict.) דלא הוה ש׳ למזרקיה he had not had the time to sprinkle it; (ib. שעות). Y. Maasr. III, 50ᵈ bot. נותנין לו ש׳ כדי וכ׳ we allow him an interval of time for cracking &c. Ib. בתוך כדי ש׳ שנייה within the interval allowed for the second act Y. Sabb. IV, end, 7ᵃ כאן לשעה כאן לשׁ׳ in the one case it means (chafing) for a while, in the other for some time. R. Hash. 30ᵇ כדי שיהא שׁ׳ ביום וכ׳ that there be time left during the day to offer &c. Y. Hor. I, 46ᵃ top וש׳ ביניהון וכ׳ and the difference between them is the word time; R. M. says נותנין לו ש׳ וכ׳ we allow him time &c., v. שָׁמַע; a. fr.