שתי

שתי, שָׁתָהII (to settle,) 1) to lay the foundation of; v. שָׁתַת II. 2) to fix the warp, start the loom, v. שְׁתִי. Hif. הִשְׁתַּה 1) to found, establish, v. שָׁתַת II. 2) to weave. Midr. Sam. ch. XIX (ref. to נסכתי, Ps. 2:6) הִשְׁתַּיתּיו I have woven him (established him, ref. to מסכת, Jud. 16:14); Yalk. Is. 338; Yalk. Ps. 620 השיתיו (corr. acc.). Hof. הוּשְׁתָּה to be established, started. Y.Yoma V, 42c, v. שְׁתִיָּה II; a. e. Nif. נִשְׁתָּה same. Tosef. Yoma III (II), 6 ed. Zuck. (Var. נשתת), v. שָׁתַת II.