דְּיוֹסְטַר

דְּיוֹסְטַרm. (an adaptation of διωστήρ, treated as a compound of דְּיוֹ־ and סְטַר) a pole reaching from end to end (LXX Ex. 38:4; Aquila Ex. 30:4) 1) the transverse staff of the upright loom (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Tela). Kel. XX, 3; Tosef. ib. B. Mets. XI, 5 דיסטר. 2) (adj.) double-edged. Targ. Ps. 149:6 סייפא דיוסטרא ed. (Ms. דיו סטר). 3) מיפסלת ד׳ the engraving on both sides of the tablets (Ex. 32:15). Targ. Ps. 74:6 (corresp. to גליפיהא ib.; Ms. דְּיוֹ סִטְרָא).