- שאילה
- שְׁאִילָהf. (שָׁאַל) 1) (with שלום, or sub. שלום) salutation, greeting. Y.Ber.V, 9a במלכי או״ה משיב שְׁאִילַת שלום as regards gentile kings, you may answer the greeting (during prayer). Y.M. Kat. III, 82a bot. איגרות של רשות זו ש׳ שלום “letters of a secular character” (ib. III, 3), that means, social correspondence. Macc.23b וש׳ שלום (בשם) and using the name of the Lord in salutation. Shebu.32a, a. fr. כדי שאילת תלמיד לרב as much time as is required for the disciple to salute the teacher (שלום עליך רבי); כדי ש׳ הרב לתלמיד as is required for the teacher to salute the pupil (שלום עליך); a. fr. 2) borrowing. B. Mets.95b עד שיהו בעלים משעת ש׳ עדוכ׳ (the borrower is responsible,) unless the owner is present from the moment of lending the animal to that of the accident. Ib. ש׳ בבעלים borrowing an object together with employing its owner for service. Ib. 98a, sq. שאילה (interch. with שַׁאֲלָה or שְׁאֵלָה), v. שְׂכִירוּת; a. fr.V. שְׁאֵילָה.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.