אשתי

Alternative forms

• שְׁתָא‎ (šəṯā)

Etymology

Irregular past tense with epenthetic ʾi-. Cognate with Hebrew שָׁתָה‎ (shatá, šāṯā).

Verb

אִשְׁתִּי • (ʾištī)

1. to drink
   • Daniel 5:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏אִשְׁתִּיו חַמְרָא וְשַׁבַּחוּ לֵאלָהֵי דַּהֲבָא וְכַסְפָּא נְחָשָׁא פַרְזְלָא אָעָא וְאַבְנָא׃‎‎

     ʾištīw ḥamrā wəšabbáḥū lēlāhē dahăḇā wəḵaspā nəḥāšā p̄arzəlā ʾāʿā wəʾaḇnā.

     They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

Etymology

From Aramaic שִׁתִּין‎ (šittīn).

Numeral

אשתי (ʾəšti)

1. sixty