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שִׁתֶּאסתָה‏ n.f. foundation

foundation Syr, LJLA. TgJob38:38 : כד אשת<ת>אס עפרא לשתאסא ובגרגישתא אדבקו‏ when the dust was compacted into the foundation [i.e., the bedrock?, bottom of the sea?] and stuck to the clay .

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štˀs, šts vb. to found