שָׁתָה

[שָׁת] noun masculine (Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 84}) foundation, stay (of society) (√ שׁית Thes Kö^{ii. l. 172}); — plural הַשָּׁתוֺת יֵהָרֵס֑וּן Sl 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 Es 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.