שית

Aramaic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šidṯum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃit/

Numeral

שִׁיתְּ • (šit) f (m שִׁיתָּא)

  1. feminine of שִׁיתָּא (šittā, “six”)
    • Tanach, Exodus 14:7:
      וּדְבַר שִׁתְּ מְאָה רְתִכִּין בְּחִירָן וְכֹל רְתִכֵּי מִצְרָאֵי וְגִבָּרִין מְמַנָן עַל כֻּלְהוֹן:
      uḏḇar šit məʾā rəṯikīn bəḥīrān wəḵol rəṯikē miṣrāʾē wəḡibārīn məmanān ʿal kulhōn
      He took six hundred elite chariots [and crews], and all the [other] chariots of Egypt, and commanders [mighty men were appointed] over all of them.

Descendants

  • Classical Syriac: ܫܬ (šeṯ)

Hebrew

Pronunciation

Verb

שִׁית • (shit)

  1. Masculine singular imperative of שת (shat)
  2. Bare infinitive (infinitive construct or gerund) of שת (shat)
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