The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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שֵׁית‏ num. six

six Com. Ezra6:15 : שְׁנַת־שֵׁת לְמַלְכוּת דָּרְיָוֶשׁ מַלְכָּא‏ . 4QEnastr b 7 iii:7 : ובלילא] ת֗מנית ועשרין בה כסה שביעין שתה ופלג ובציר מנה[ורה‏ on the tweny-eighth night of it, 6 and a half sevenths are covered and subtracted from its light. 510011.6161 : וְאַברָם בַר תְמָנַן וְשֵית שְנִין כַד יְלֵידַת הָגָר יָת יִשמָעֵאל לְאַברָם‏ .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 568b; DJBA: 1141b; Jastrow: 1570; Levy Ch-W: 2:520; DNWSI: 1196; DJA: 84b; Cook,Qumran: 244;

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Derivatives:

ˀšty adj. sixth

št ˁsr, štt ˁsr, št ˁsry num. sixteen

štyn, ˀštyn ($ettīn, ˀeštīn) num. sixty

štyt (štīṯ) num. sixth (fraction)

štyty (štīṯāy) adj. sixth

štmˀh, št mˀh num. six hundred