שְׁמֹנֶה, (b. h.) eight. Kidd. 30ᵃ, v. פָּסוּק. Men. 30ᵃ ש׳ פסוקים שבתורה the last eight verses of the Pentateuch. Yoma VII, 5 כהן … בש׳ כלים וכ׳ the high priest officiates in eight garments, and the common priest in four. Gen. R. s. 98 (play on שמנה, Gen. XLIX, 20) שהוא מעמיד בגדי ש׳ he (Asher) raises those who wear eight garments (marrying his dowered daughters into priestly families); a. v. fr.—ש׳ עשרה eighteen. Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) ש׳ ע׳ שנה היתה בת וכ׳ for eighteen years in succession a voice came forth to Nebuchadnezzar &c.; a. fr.—Esp. ש׳ עשרה (with or sub. ברכות; abbrev. ש"ע) the eighteen benedictions of the daily prayer (תפלה). Ber. IV, 3 בכל יום … ש"ע וכ׳ on every ordinary day one must recite the eighteen benedictions &c.; מעין ש"ע an abstract of the eighteen &c. Tosef. ib. III, 25 ש"ע … כנגד ש׳ ע׳ הזכרות וכ׳ the eighteen benedictions … correspond to the eighteen invocations of the Divine Name in habu &c. (Ps. XXIX); Ber. 28ᵇ. Ib.; Meg. 17ᵇ הסדיר ש"ע וכ׳, v. סָדַר. Ab. V, 21, v. חוּפָּה; a. fr.—Pl. שְׁמֹנִים, שְׁמוֹ׳ eighty. Kidd. l. c. Ab. l. c. בן ש׳ at the age of eighty years; a. fr.