hebrew #8356 - שָׁתָה shathah or shath (foundation)

Original Word:	שָׁתָה
Transliteration:	shathah or shath
Definition:	foundation, stay (of society)
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(shaw-thaw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

foundation, purpose

From shiyth; a basis, i.e. (figuratively) political or moral support -- foundation, purpose.

see HEBREW shiyth

Englishman's Concordance

1) foundation, support, stay
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H7896
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2380b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שָׁת] noun masculine (Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 84}) foundation, stay (of society) (√ שׁית Thes Kö^{ii. l. 172}); — plural הַשָּׁתוֺת יֵהָרֵס֑וּןPsalm 11:3 (probably figurative of established usages, laws, etc., ᵑ9leges, Symm θεσμοί, so Hup-Now Bae Che (1888) and others; > Thes and others of nobles); Thes puts here also שָֽׁתֹתֶ֫יהָIsaiah 19:10 (so ᵑ0 probably intends), which Ew Di Kit then interpret of working-classes, "" עשֵֹׁי שֶׂכֶר; but perhaps opposed to of this, the upper classes, so as to include all ranks of society, Thes De Che^Comm.; Che^Hpt Buhl and others שֹׁתֶיהָweavers of it (compare Du Marti), see III. שׁתה.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 8356. שָׁתוֹת (shathah or shath) — 2 Occurrences

Psalm 11:3
HEB: כִּ֣י הַ֭שָּׁתוֹת יֵֽהָרֵס֑וּן צַ֝דִּ֗יק
NAS: If the foundations are destroyed, What
KJV:If the foundations be destroyed,
INT: If the foundations are destroyed the righteous

Isaiah 19:10
HEB: וְהָי֥וּ שָׁתֹתֶ֖יהָ מְדֻכָּאִ֑ים כָּל־
NAS:And the pillars [of Egypt] will be crushed;
KJV: And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make
INT: become and the pillars will be crushed All

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