- שִׁחְמָא
- שִׁחְמָא, שִׁי׳m. (preced.) 1) (adj.) dark, black.Pl. שִׁחְמֵי, שִׁי׳, v. preced. 2) (noun) blackness, black spot; tarnish. B. Kam.49a כל היכי דסליק ביה ש׳ לולד whenever he struck her so that the black mark (bruise) could be communicated to the embryo (excluding a blow on her hand or foot); Yalk. Ex. 335. B. Kam.96b מידע ידיע שִׁיחְמַיְיהוּ (Ms. H. שִׁחְמַיְהוּ) (when he makes the coins which he blackened look new again,) their tarnish remains noticeable.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.