שָׁמוֹטָא, (preced.) long stretched, name of a species of locusts. Targ. I Kings VIII, 37 (ed. Wil. שְׁמוֹ׳; h. text חסיל); Targ. II Chr. VI, 28. Targ. Joel I, 4.—[Targ. Ez. XXIII, 20 שְׁמוֹטָא, read with ed. Lag. שמשא; v. Kimḥi a. l.]