- סתת
- סָתַת(= סחתת, Saf. of חתת), Pi. סִיתֵּת to chip, chisel; to polish. Sabb.XII, 1 המְסַתֵּת he who chisels (on the Sabbath). B. Kam.93b גזל … אבנים וסִיתְּתָן if one stole rough stones and chiselled them. Pesik. ʿǍniya, p. 137b> מְסַתְּתִין בווכ׳ chiselling it, shaping it, carving it (v. סָרַג). Ib. Shub., p. 165a> סַתְּתוּ קימעהוכ׳ chip off little by little Ab. dR. N. ch. VI היה מסתת והולךוכ׳ he went on chipping, until he came to a big rock; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.