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title: שָׁתֹת — set · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁתֹת (8356), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: set. BDB 1906: n.m. foundation, stay. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁתֹת

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«שָׁתֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **set** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8356 · **BDB:** שָׁת

### Glosses

foundations (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

set [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8356/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. foundation, stay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8356/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. (AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 84) foundation, stay (of society) (√ שׁית Thes Köii. 1, 172);—pl. הַשָּׁתוֹת יֵהָרֵס֑וּן ψ 11:3 (prob. fig. of established usages, laws, etc., Jer. leges, Sym. θεσμοί, so Hup-Now Bae Che(1888) al.; \> Thes al. of nobles); Thes puts here also שָֽׁתֹתֶ֫יהָ Is 19:10 (so MT probably intends), which Ew Di Kit then interpret of working-classes, ‖ עֹשֵׂי שֶׂכֶר; but perhaps opp. of this, the upper classes, so as to include all ranks of society, Thes De CheComm.; CheHpt Buhl al. שֹׁתֶיהָ weavers of it (cf. Du Marti), v. III. שׁתה.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁתֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8356/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 19:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.10/)

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וְהָי֥וּ שָׁתֹתֶ֖יהָ מְדֻכָּאִ֑ים כָּל־עֹ֥שֵׂי שֶׂ֖כֶר אַגְמֵי־נָֽפֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be foundations its crushed all \[those.who\].work of.wage\[s\] \[will.be\].grieved of.soul

*JPS 1917:* And her foundations shall be crushed, all they that make dams shall be grieved in soul.

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