שַׁעְתָּא, = h. שָׁעָה, while, time; hour. Targ. II Kings V, 26 (ed. Wil. שעה). Targ. Ex. XXXIII, 5. Targ. Y. ib. XXIII, 5; a. fr.—Ber. 64ᵃ אצטריכא להו ש׳ the time needed them (circumstances required one of them as chief of the college); Bekh. 31ᵃ, v. צְרֵךְ. Y. Bets. II, 61ᶜ top, a. e. בשַׁעְתָּהּ in its proper time, v. גּוּמְרָא. Ber. 7ᵃ כי … ש׳ אלטייה when that moment comes, I will curse him; כי … ש׳ ניים when that moment came, he was asleep. Ib. כל ש׳ וש׳ at all times. Ib. כל ש׳ any other time; בההיא ש׳ but at that special time; Ab. Zar. 4ᵇ. Pes. 11ᵇ פלגא דש׳ half an hour; a. fr.—Pl. שָׁעַיָּא, שָׁעִין, שָׁעֵי; (שָׁעָתָא). Targ. II Kings XX, 11. Targ. Job VII, 18 (not שָׁעֲתָא); a. fr.—Ber. l. c.; Ab. Zar. l. c. בהנך תלת ש׳ וכ׳ during those first three hours (of the day) &c.; a. fr.