Lexical Summary shathah or shath: foundation, stay (of society) Original Word: שָׁתָהTransliteration: shathah or shath Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-thaw') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: foundation, stay (of society) Meaning: a basis, political, moral support Strong's Concordance foundation, purpose From shiyth; a basis, i.e. (figuratively) political or moral support -- foundation, purpose. see HEBREW shiyth Brown-Driver-Briggs H8356. shathah or shath [שָׁת] noun masculine (AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 84) foundation, stay (of society) (√ שׁית Thes Köii. l. 172); — plural יֵהָרֵס֑וּן הַשָּׁתוֺת Psalm 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 Isaiah 19:10 (so ᵑ0 probably intends), which Ew Di Kit then interpret of working-classes, "" שֶׂכֶר עשֵֹׁי; but perhaps opposed to of this, the upper classes, so as to include all ranks of society, Thes De CheComm.; CheHpt Buhl and others שֹׁתֶיהָ weavers of it (compare Du Marti), see III. שׁתה. |
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