שתי ², שתי, שָׁתָה II [to settle,] 1)to lay the foundation of; v. שָׁתַת II. —2)to fix the warp, start the loom, v. שְׁתִי. Hif. - הִשְׁתָּה1)to found, establish, v. שָׁתַת II. —2)to weave. Midr. Sam. ch. XIX (ref. to נסכתי, Ps. II, 6) הִשְׁתֵּיתִיו I have woven him (established him, ref. to מסכת, Jud. XVI, 14); Yalk. Is. 338; Yalk. Ps. 620 השיתיו (corr. acc.). Hof. - הוּשְׁתָּהto be established, started. Y. Yoma V, 42ᶜ, v. שְׁתִיָּה II; a. e. Nif. - נִשְׁתָּהsame. Tosef. Yoma III (II), 6 ed. Zuck. (Var. נשתת), v. שָׁתַת II