שָׁתַם, to unseal, open, esp. to bore a hole through a vessel in order to get wine out by means of a tube. Ab. Zar. V, 3, sq. כדי שיִשְׁתּוֹם ויסתום וכ׳ time sufficient to bore a hole, and close it again &c., v. נָגַב; a. e.