שְׁמַם ch. same. Ithpa. - אִשְׁתְּמַם1)to be desolate. Targ. Lam. IV, 5. —2)to be confounded, mad. Targ. I Sam. XXI, 14 (h. text ויתהלל). Ithpol. - אִשְׁתּוֹמֵםto be perplexed. Ḥull. 21ᵃ א׳ כשעה חדא (fr. Dan. IV, 16) he was perplexed for a moment (knew not what to answer).