- שִׁי׳
- שִׁלְיָא, שִׁי׳II f. (שָׁלָה II, שָׁלֵו; cmp. Zeph. 1:12; Jer. 48:11) sediment, dregs. Tosef.B. Bath.V, 7 של יין משתיעשה ש׳ (Var. משעשה) the merchants wine measures must be cleaned as soon as sediment is formed (which diminishes their capacity).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.