Lexical Definition

‎שָׁתָה‎ shâthâh (shaw-thaw') foundation ^H:N-M
from ‎שִׁית‎

foundation, purpose.

• a basis, i.e. (figuratively) political or moral support

1) foundation, support, stay

See Greek: ἐργάζομαι · καταρτίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁת‎] noun masculine (Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 84}) foundation, stay (of society) (√ ‎שׁית‎ Thes Kö^{ii. l. 172}); — plural ‎הַשָּׁתוֺת יֵהָרֵס֑וּן‎ Ps 11:3 (probably figurative of established usages, laws, etc., ᵑ9 leges, Symm θεσμοί, so Hup-Now Bae Che (1888) and others; > Thes and others of nobles); Thes puts here also ‎שָֽׁתֹתֶ֫יהָ‎ Isa 19:10 (so ᵑ0 probably intends), which Ew Di Kit then interpret of working-classes, || ‎עשֵֹׁי שֶׂכֶר‎; but perhaps opposed to of this, the upper classes, so as to include all ranks of society, Thes De Che^Comm.; Che^Hpt Buhl and others ‎שֹׁתֶיהָ‎ weavers of it (compare Du Marti), see III. ‎שׁתה‎.

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