- שִׁיבְּתָא
- שִׁיבְּתָאpr. n. Shibbtha, name of an evil spirit that endangers the health of those that eat food touched with unwashed hands. Yoma 77b (Ms. M. 2 סִיבְּתָא); Ḥull.107b (v., however, Tosaf. a. l.). Taan.20b מילתא דש׳ הוה גמיר he had a tradition about Sh.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
