שְׁחִיתָה, ; pl. שְׁחִיתוֹת(b. h.; pits. Yoma 10ᵃ ששי שמשים … כש׳ he was named Sheshai (Num. XIII, 22), because he made the ground (on which he stepped) like pits; Yalk. Num. 743.—[Yalk. Prov. 961 בשחיתותו, read: בשחותו, quot. fr. Prov. XXVIII, 10.]