שעתא

שַׁעְתָּא, שַׁעֲתָא,(שָׁעָה) שָׁעָא f. = h. שָׁעָה, while, time; hour. Targ. 2 Kings 5:26 (ed. Wil. שעה). Targ. Ex. 33:5. Targ. Y. ib. 23:5; a. fr.Ber.64a אצטריבא להו ש׳ the time needed them (circumstances required one of them as chief of the college); Bekh.31a, v. צְרֵךְ. Y.Bets., II, 61c top, a. e. בשַׁעְתָּהּ in its proper time, v. גּוּמְרָא. Ber.7a כי … ש׳ אלטייה when that moment comes, I will curse him; כי … ש׳ ניים when that moment came, he was asleep. Ib. כל ש׳ וש׳ at all times. Ib. כל ש׳ any other time; בההיא ש׳ but at that special time; Ab. Zar.4b. Pes.11b פלגא דש׳ half an hour; a. fr.Pl. שָׁעַיָּא, שָׁעִין, שָׁעַי; (שָׁעָתָא). Targ. 2 Kings 20:11. Targ. Job 7:18 (not שָׁעֲתָא) a. fr.Ber. l. c.; Ab. Zar. l. c. בהנך תלת ש׳וכ׳ during those first three hours (of the day) ; a. fr.