- שַׁעֲשוּעַ
- שַׁעֲשוּעַm. (b. h.; שִׁעֲשֵׁעַ) delight, pleasure. Cant. R. to VI, 1 1), v. שְׂחוֹק; (Pesik. R. s. 11 תענוג).Pl. שַׁעֲשוּעִים. Tanḥ. Ttsavveh 1; Yalk. Jer. 315 ילד של ש׳ a child of delight, v. שָׁעַע.Trnsf. (sub. ילד, ילדי) beloved child or children. M. Kat. 25b (in a eulogy) ארץ … גידלה שַׁעֲשוּעֶיהָ the land of Shinear (Babylonia) conceived and gave birth to, the land of beauty (Palestine) raised her beloved child.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
