שֵׁאת noun feminine doubtful word; perhaps (for *שֶׁאֶת) din of battle (= שָׁאוֺן); Thes and others devastation, compare שְׁאִיָּה; either meaning suits ׳הַשּׁ Lamentations 3:47 ("" הַשָּׁ֑בֶר; but We^{compare Hex. 2, 351}, from II. שׁוא, desolation); contracted (according to Thes and most) שֵׁת, in בְּנֵי שֵׁת Numbers 24:17 (J) sons of (battle-)din (warriors, = שָׁאוֺןבְּנֵי in "" Jeremiah 48:45); Vrss take שֵׁת here as proper name; Gray proposes שֵׂת = שְׂאֵת, pride, or reading as Jeremiah compare We^{comp. Hex.351}.