Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 5:2

מִשֶּׁנִּטַּל הָאָרוֹן, אֶבֶן הָיְתָה שָׁם מִימוֹת נְבִיאִים רִאשׁוֹנִים, וּשְׁתִיָּה הָיְתָה נִקְרֵאת, גְּבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ שָׁלשׁ אֶצְבָּעוֹת, וְעָלֶיהָ הָיָה נוֹתֵן:

After the ark was removed (at the destruction of the first Temple) — there was a stone there (in the holy of holies), from the time of the first prophets, "shethiah," by name [so called because the world was founded ("nishtath") from it by the L rd. "shethiyah" = "foundation."] It was three fingers higher than the ground, and above it he placed the (coal pan).

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