שְׁתֵי ², שְׁתֵי, שְׁתָא ch. same , to weave. Targ. Jud. XVI, 13 תִּשְׁתִּין (ed. Lag. a. oth. תִּשְׁתִּן, not תַּן …).
    Af. - אַשְׁתֵּי , (Pe. with prefixed א) אִשְׁתֵּי, אִישְׁ׳ same, 1) to start the loom, weave. Targ. Ps. CXXXIX, 13 אַשְׁתְּיָת, ed. Wil. (ed. Lag. אִישְׁתְּיָית; h. text תסכני). Targ. Job X, 11.—Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᶜ top כד מַשְׁתָּיָיא וכ׳, v. קוּבְיָה. Y. Taan. IV, 64ᶜ דלא למִישְׁתָּיֵיא מן וכ׳ not to start a loom from the beginning of the month of Ab; Y. Pes. IV, 30ᵈ top; Yalk. Ps. 653 למשתי יינא (corr. acc.). —2) to found, establish. Targ. Ps. VIII, 3 ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. אַשְׁתֵּסְ׳, not אִ׳, v. שְׁתַאס; h. text יסד).