חתי, חָתָה (b. h.) to dig, esp. to take coals out with a pan. Yoma IV, 4 בכל יום היה חוֹתֶה וכ׳ every other day the priest used to take coals out in a silver pan &c. Sabb. VIII, 7 כדי לַחְתּוֹת בו את האור large enough to take fire out in it. Zeb. 64ᵃ; a. fr.—Y. Yoma IV, 41ᶜ bot. צריך לחות (read לחתות) he must take coals out as before.
Pi. - חִיתָּה to stir embers, rake. Sabb. 34ᵇ שמא יְחַתֶּה בגחלים he might rake the coals under the ashes. [Ḥull. 27ᵃ, v. חָתַת].