שַׁמַּאי, שַׁמַּי, שַׁמַּיי pr. n. m. Shammai (abbrev. of שמעיה), 1) (הזקן) ש׳ Sh., the colleague of Hillel in the Sanhedrin under king Herod. Ḥag. II, 2. B. Bath. 133ᵇ; Y. Ned. V, end, 39ᵇ. Succ. II, 8, a. e. ש׳ הזקן. Eduy. I, 1 sq. (differences between Sh. and Hillel). Ib. 4; a. v. fr.—בֵּית שַׁ׳ (abbrev. ב"ש) the school of Sh., the disciples of Sh. Ib. 7. Bets. I, 1; a. v. fr. —2) name of an Amora. Y. Sabb. III, 5ᵈ bot.; a. fr. V. Fr. M’bo, p. 124ᵇ