שָׁתָה
shâthâh · H8356 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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foundations
Literally: foundations; hence: people who are regarded as leaders in the community
ExamplesIsaiah 19:10 And the pillars of Egypt will be crushed; All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.
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weavers
People who weave fabric for a living
ExamplesIsaiah 19:10 And the pillars of Egypt will be crushed; All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הּher 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- יְסוֹד yᵉçôwd · H3247 · foundation, base, established
- יְסוֹד is the most common Hebrew term for 'foundation' and would be the natural synonym for שָׁתָה in contexts referring to structural or metaphorical foundations.
- מוֹסָד môwçâd · H4144 · base, foundation
- מוּסָד is another Hebrew term for 'foundation' that overlaps semantically with שָׁתָה, used for both literal and figurative foundations.
In the other Testament 1 word
- θεμέλιος themélios · G2310 · foundation, foundation stone
- Greek θεμέλιος is the standard translation equivalent for Hebrew foundation terminology, sharing the core semantic of 'foundation' as a structural or metaphorical base.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Leaders001001003005
- This noun denotes the foundational pillars or mainstays of a nation, as in Isaiah 19:10's oracle that the foundations of Egypt will be crushed.
- Professions001001003009
- The same oracle also names those whose livelihood is affected, as in Isaiah 19:10's own reference to the hired laborers grieved in soul.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8356. shathah or shath [שָׁת] noun masculine (AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 84) foundation, stay…
or shath [שָׁת] noun masculine (AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 84) foundation, stay (of society) (√ שׁית Thes Köii. l. 172); — plural יֵהָרֵס֑וּן הַשָּׁתוֺת Psa 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 Isa 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.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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