שתא

שְׁתֵי, שְׁתָאch. same, to weave. Targ. Jud. 16:13 תִּשְׁתִּין (ed. Lag. a. oth. תִּשְׁתִּן, not … תַּן). Af. אַשְׁתֵּי, (Pe. with prefixed א) אִשְׁתֵּי, אִישְׁ׳ same, 1) to start the loom, weave. Targ. Ps. 139:13, אַשְׁתְּיָת ed. Wil. (ed. Lag. אִישְׁתְּיָית; h. text תסכני). Targ. Job 10:11.Y.Sabb.VII, 10c top כד מַשְׁתָּיָיאוכ׳, v. קוּבְיָה. Y.Taan.IV, 64c דלא למִישְׁתָּיֵיא מןוכ׳ not to start a loom from the beginning of the month of Ab; Y.Pes.IV, 30d top; Yalk. Ps. 653 למשתי יינא (corr. acc.). 2) to found, establish. Targ. Ps. 8:3 ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. אַשְׁתֵּסְ׳, not אִ׳, v. שְׁתַאס; h. text יסד).