שַׁמָּשָׁא, c. = h. שַׁמָּשׁ. Targ. Y. II, Ex. XXXIII, 11 (v. מְשׁוּמְשָׁנָא). Targ. Ez. XXIII, 20 ed. Lag. (oth. ed. שמוטא, corr. acc.) prostitute.—Y. Taan. II, beg. 65ᵃ כל מאן דלא מטא ש׳ וכ׳ let him to whom the sexton has not come (to put ashes on his head) take ashes and put &c. Y. Keth. IV, 28ᵈ bot. לא מסתברא אגרין ליה ש׳ … דהיא ש׳ does it not stand to reason that they (the children to whom their father has assigned his property) must hire an attendant for him? So also must they give him a wife (if he desires it), and were it merely as his attendant; a. e.—Pl. שַׁמָּשִׁין, שַׁמָּשַׁיָּא; f. שַׁמָּשָׁן Targ. Is. VI, 2 ש׳ קדישין (h. text שרפים עמדים). Targ. Ps. XXIX, 9. Ib. CXXXVII, 6 שַׁמָּשָׁי (not שַׁמְשָׁי) my servants (the angels). Targ. I Sam. VIII, 13 (h. text רקחות); a. e.