שְׁהֵי, שְׁהָא, שְׁוָה) ch. 1) same, to stand still; to tarry, gaze, be astonished. Targ. Y. Gen. XLIII, 10. Targ. Y. Ex. XII, 39. Targ. O. Gen. XXIV, 21. Targ. Is. XXIX, 9; a. fr.—Targ. Hab. I, 5 שְׁוָהוּ (ed. Lag. שְׁהוּ).—Ḥull. 75ᵇ מִשְׁהָא הוה שָׁהֵי ליה וכ׳ (איכא דאמרי) some say, he (Resh Laḳish) gazed at him (when R. Joḥ. gave his opinion) and was silent (and in the meanwhile R. Asi left the college room); Shebu. 40ᵃ; 45ᵇ. Ḥull. 9ᵃ זימנין דשהי ודריס וכ׳ sometimes he may pause in slaughtering or press the knife without knowing it; a. e. —2) to be vacant, lie waste. Targ. II Kings XIX, 25 Mus. (ed. דשְׁחוֹ; ed. Wil. דיִשְׁחוּ); Targ. Is. XXXVII, 26 (ed. דשחו).—[Ber. 6ᵃ ברכי דשהיי Ar., v. שַׁלְהֵי II.]
    Ithpe. - אִשְׁתְּהִי to be delayed, tarry. Targ. Y. Gen. XIX, 16. Ib. XXXII, 5; 25. Targ. I Chr. XIII, 14; a. e.—Bets. 6ᵃ לא אמרן אלא דא׳ … מַשְׁהִינָן ליה they allow burial on the second festive day only when the corpse has been lying for some time, but if it was not, we postpone its burial. Yeb. 80ᵇ אִשְׁתְּהוּיֵי הוא דא׳ its birth was delayed. Ib. מִשְׁתְּהָא a birth may be delayed (beyond the time of maturity). Ib. וא׳ עד תריסר וכ׳ and he (the husband) tarried (was away from home) as much as twelve months; a. e.
    Af. - אַשְׁהֵי to delay, be slack. Targ. Y. Deut. VII, 10. Ib. XXII, 22 לֹא תַשְׁהוּנָהּ (ed. Vien. תִשְׁהוֹנֵיה, corr. acc.) do not delay her execution.—Bets. l. c., v. supra.