סִילְּתָא I, (= סַל) bread-basket. B. Bath. 74ᵃ [read:] שקליתה לסִילְּתָאִי וכ׳ I took off my basket with provision &c. Ab. Zar. 38ᵃ. Pes. 111ᵇ (prov.) תלא סִילְּתֵיה תלא מזוניה (ed. סילתא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90) he who suspends his bread-basket (in the air), suspends his sustenance (brings poverty into the house).