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title: שְׁתִי — warp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁתִי (8359), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: warp. BDB 1906: n.m. warp. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁתִי

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«שְׁתִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **warp** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 8359 · **BDB:** שְׁתִי²

### Glosses

warp (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

warp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8359/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. warp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8359/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. warp (NH id.; Arabic سَتًى, سَدًى id.);—always שׁ׳ abs.;—warp, the set of threads drawn lengthwise in loom, through which the shuttle bearing the woof (ii. עֵרֶב p. 786) is thrown crosswise; Lv 13:48 + 8 times Lv 13; cf. GFMPAOS, Oct. 1889, clxxviii ARSKEB weaving.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁתִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8359/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 13:48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.48/)

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א֤וֹ בִֽשְׁתִי֙ א֣וֹ בְעֵ֔רֶב לַפִּשְׁתִּ֖ים וְלַצָּ֑מֶר א֣וֹ בְע֔וֹר א֖וֹ בְּכָל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת עֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* or in warp or in woof of the linen(s) and of the wool or in a.hide or in every work of.hide

*JPS 1917:* or in the warp, or in the woof, whether they be of linen, or of wool; or in a skin, or in any thing made of skin.

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[Leviticus 13:53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.53/)

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וְאִם֮ יִרְאֶ֣ה הַכֹּהֵן֒ וְהִנֵּה֙ לֹא־פָשָׂ֣ה הַנֶּ֔גַע בַּבֶּ֕גֶד א֥וֹ בַשְּׁתִ֖י א֣וֹ בָעֵ֑רֶב א֖וֹ בְּכָל־כְּלִי־עֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and if he.will.see the priest and there! not it.has.spread the plague in the garment or in the warp or in the woof or in every article of.hide

*JPS 1917:* And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;

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