שמנה

שְׁמֹנֶהf., שְׁמֹנָה m., שְׁמו̇׳ (b. h.) eight. Kidd.30a, v. פָּסוּק. Men.30a ש׳ פסוקים שבתורה the last eight verses of the Pentateuch. Yoma VII, 5 כהן … בש׳ כליםוכ׳ the high priest officiates in eight garments, and the common priest in four. Gen. R. s. 98 (play on שמנה, Gen. 49:20) שהוא מעמיד בגדי ש׳ he (Asher) raises those who wear eight garments (marrying his dowered daughters into priestly families); a. v. fr.ש׳ עשרה eighteen. Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) ש׳ ע׳ שנה היתה בתוכ׳ for eighteen years in succession a voice came forth to Nebuchadnezzar ; a. fr.Esp. ש׳ עשרה (with or sub. ברכות; abbrev. ש״ע) the eighteen lenedictions of the daily prayer (תפלה). Ber.IV, 3 בכל יום …ש״עוכ׳ on every ordinary day one must recite the eighteen benedictions ; מעיןש״ע an abstract of the eighteen Tosef. ib. III, 25 ש״ע … כנגד ש׳ ע׳ הזכרותוכ׳ the eighteen benedictions … correspond to the eighteen invocations of the Divine Name in habu (Ps. 29); Ber.28b. Ib.; Meg.17b הסדירש״עוכ׳, v. סָרַר. Ab. V, 21, v. חוּפָּה; a. fr.Pl. שְׁמֹנִים, שְׁמוֹ׳ eighty. Kidd. l. c. Ab. l. c. בן ש׳ at the age of eighty years; a. fr.