- מִשְׁמוּש
- מִשְׁמוּשm. (מִשְׁמֵש) touch. Gen. R. s. 52 מ׳ ידים an illicit touch (of her) with his hand. Midr. Till. to Ps. 8:4 (read:) העליונים … אלא מ׳ אצבעותיך (ed. Bub. מעשה, corr. acc.) those above (the angels) and those below have only (as much power as) the touch of thy fingers; ib. to Ps. 19 כדי מ׳ אצבעו ed. Bub. (ed. כדי אצבעו, corr. acc.); Yalk. Ps. 640.Y.Ber.III, 6d bot., v. מַשְׁמָש.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
