שׁוֹט II, rod, scourge. Mekh. B’shall., Amalek, s. 2 כך מדה … ש׳ שישראל לוקין וכ׳ such is the rule going through all generations, the scourge (nation) with which the Israelites are smitten, will finally be smitten; Yalk. Ex. 265.