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- מִשְׁתֶּהm. (b. h.; שָׁתָה) drink. Keth.8b כמִשְׁתֵּה ראשזניםוכ׳ as those before you drank (the cup of grief) Esp. feast, wedding meal Gen. R. s. 53 מ׳ גדול מִשְׁתֵּה גדולים ‘a great feast (Gen. 21:8) a festive gathering of great men. Keth.4a, a. fr. שבעת ימי המ׳ the wedding week. Sabb.67b עשה מ׳ לבנו gave a feast in honor of his son. Keth.8a נערים ממ׳ נגינתם the voices of the youths singing at their banquets. Ber.I, 1, a. fr. בית המ׳ (the house of a) wedding. Deut. R. s. 1, end; a. fr.Pl. מִשְׁתָּאוֹת, מִשְׁתָּיוֹת. B. Bath.91a. Ruth R. to IV, 2; Y.Keth.I, 25a מכאן לבית הזה שהממנים … בבית מ׳וכ׳ from here (Ruth l. c.) this house (of the Nasi) learned to ordain elders at its banquets. Nidd.16b, v. רָגַל; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.