שְׁעָא

שְׁעֵי, שְׁעָא(cmp. שוע, שעע) to smooth, paste over, daub. Succ.51b; B. Bath.4a סבר למִשְׁעֲיָין בדהבא he (Herod) intended to cover them (the Temple walls) with gold. Pa. שַׁעֵי same. Targ. Ps. 5:10 מְשַׁעֲיִין. Ms. (ed. משעעין).Part. pass. מְשָׁעָא. Targ. Y. II Num. 19:15 מִשְׁעָא (corr. acc., or מַשְׁעָא, Part. pass. Af.). Ithpa. אִשְׁתָּעֵי, Ithpe. אִשְׁתְּעֵי. (to make ones self pleasant, to converse, talk; to tell a story. Targ. O. Gen. 24:66. Targ. Jud. 6:13. Targ. Is. 30:10. Targ. Ps. 50:16; 19; a. fr.B. Bath.73a אִשְׁתָּעוּ לי נחותיוכ׳ (not אשתעי) seafarers told me. Ib. 74a ר׳ יוחנן מִשְׁתָּעֵיוכ׳ R. J. told a story: once upon a time Y.Ber.II, 4d bot. כמה דאי׳ … אִשְׁתָּעְיָיאוכ׳ as the Scripture talks, so does the Mishnah, i. e. the Mishnah applies the Biblical phraseology; a. fr.א׳ דינא בהדי to talk about the law with, to sue. B. Mets.14a דינא … ומשתעי דינא בהדיה the law is that R. may go and sue him. Bekh.47b גברא דלא מצית לאִשְׁתָּעוּיֵיוכ׳ a man with whom thou canst not go to law; a. e.