שִׁית I (b. h.; sec. r. of שָׁוָה) to place, set, make.
Hif. - הֵשִׁית same. Snh. 27ᵃ (ref. to Ex. XXIII, 1) אל תָּשֶׁת רשע עד make not a wicked man a witness (disqualify him); אל תשת חמס עד allow not violence (robbers) to testify; Mekh. Mishp., s. 20; Yalk. Ex. 352.—[Yalk. Ps. 620 השיתיו, v. שָׁתָה II.]