שָׁקָה
shâqâh · H8248 · Hebrew · 61 occurrences
Meanings
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to be moistened
State in which objects contain a certain amount of moisture
ExamplesJob 21:24 His sides are filled with fat, And the marrow of his bones is wet,
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to moisten, to water, to irrigate
Causative process or action by which humans, deities, or bodies of water provide water to a certain area
ExamplesGenesis 2:6 But a mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground.
Genesis 2:10 Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers.
Deuteronomy 11:10 “For the land, into which you are entering to possess it, is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you used to sow your seed and water it by your foot like a vegetable garden.
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to give to drink
Causative action by which humans or deities provide liquids for (other) humans or animals to drink
ExamplesGenesis 19:32 “Come, let’s make our father drink wine, and let’s sleep with him so that we may keep our family alive through our father.”
Genesis 19:33 So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or got up.
Genesis 19:34 On the following day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Look, I slept last night with my father; let’s make him drink wine tonight too, then you go in and sleep with him, so that we may keep our family alive through our father.”
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
61 occurrences in 10 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 15
- Not stated: you (one person) 12
- Not stated: they 9
- Not stated: I 8
- Not stated (infinitive) 7
- Not stated: we 3
- Other words · 4 groups that occur once or twice (7) 7
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
57 occurrences in 27 groups
- צֹאןflock, small cattle, sheep and goats 7
- הֶםthem 7
- נִיme 6
- וֹhim 6
- אָבfather 3
- גָּמָלcamel 3
- Other words · 20 groups that occur once or twice (23) 23
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
24 occurrences in 6 groups
- מַיִםwater 13
- יַיִןwine 7
- חֹמֶץsour wine 1
- כּוֹסcup 1
- נַחַלstream, valley, wadi 1
- וֹhim 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
15 occurrences in 16 groups
- Other words · 16 groups that occur once or twice (17) 17
With adverbsAdverbs
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- לֹאnot 2
- אַחַרafter, behind 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- אָמַרto say 3
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּאhe, she, it 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 5
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- רָוָה râvâh · H7301 · to moisten, to water, to drink (one's) fill
- Both denote causative watering or irrigation, making someone drink, and overlap in the sense of watering or causing to drink.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ποτίζω potízō · G4222 · to give to drink, to water, to irrigate
- Greek ποτίζω renders Hebrew שָׁקָה in causative 'give to drink' and agricultural 'water/irrigate' senses, functioning as the standard LXX translation equivalent for this Hiphil verb's core meaning of causing liquid to be consumed or applied.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Wet002001001071
- This verb denotes moistening or watering the ground, as in Genesis 2:6's account of a mist rising from the earth to water the whole surface of the ground.
- Ingest002001001025
- The verb also denotes giving someone a beverage to drink, as in Genesis 19:32's account of Lot's daughters making their father drink wine.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Also from the root שָׁקָה
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8248. shaqah [שָׁקָה] verb Hiph`il cause to drink water, give to drink (Late Hebrew…
[שָׁקָה] verb Hiph`il cause to drink water, give to drink (Late Hebrew Hiph`il id.; Arabic I. give to drink; Sabean סקי be irrigated FellZMG liv (1900), 246, מסקי drinks HomChr 124, מסתקין id. DHMHofmus., No. 1, l. 7; Ethiopic water, irrigate; Assyrian ša‡û I. = Hebrew Hiph`il, Aramaic שְׁקָא, Aph`el); — for
Qal see שָׁתָה; — Perfect3masculine singular consecutive וְהִשְׁקָה Gen 2:6 +, suffix וְהִשְׁקָהּ Num 5:27; Num 5:2masculine singular consecutive וְהִשְׁקִיתָ Num 20:8 +; 1 singular consecutive וְהִשְׁקֵיתִי Eze 32:6, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַשְׁקֶה Num 5:26, וַיַּשְׁקְ Gen 29:10 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix הַשְׁקִ֫הוּ Pro 25:21; feminine singular suffix הַשְׁקֹ֫ינִי Gen 24:43 +; Infinitive construct הַשְׁקוֺת Gen 2:10 +, suffix הַשְׁקֹתוֺ Gen 24:19; Participle מַשְׁקֶה Psa 104:13, construct Hab 2:15 (see also I., II. מַשְׁקֶה); —
1 water, irrigate, ground: subject mist Gen 2:6, river Gen 2:10 (both J), spring Joel 4:18; subject ׳י Isa 27:3 (כֶּרֶם), Eze 17:7 (גֶּפֶן), both in figure, figurative also Eze 32:6 water land מִדָּם; literal with מִן of source Psa 104:13 (הָרִים) and (subject man) Ecc 2:6 (יַעַר).
2 water, give drink to, usually human subject, accusative of beast, Gen 24:14, Gen 24:46 (twice in verse); Gen 29:2 (מִן of source), Gen 29:3; Gen 29:7; Gen 29:8; Gen 29:10; Exo 2:16-17, Exo 2:19 (all J), Psa 104:11 (subject springs); accusative of person Gen 21:19 (E), Gen 24:18-19, Gen 24:45 (J), Hab 2:15 (figurative), Isa 43:20 (׳י subject), Psa 78:15 (id.), 2Ch 28:15, with ב of vessel Est 1:7; with accusative of person and animal. Num 20:8 (P); give one something to drink, accusative of person + of thing (water, wine, etc.), Amo 2:12; Gen 19:32-33, Gen 19:34, Gen 19:35; Gen 24:43 (all J), Jdg 4:19; 1Sa 30:11; 2Sa 23:15 = 1Ch 11:15; Job 22:7, compare Son 8:2 (מִיַּיִן); figurative Jer 8:14; Jer 9:14; Jer 16:7; Jer 23:15; Jer 25:15; Psa 69:22, compare תַשְׁקֵם עֲדָנֶיךָ וְנַחַל Psa 36:9, and בִּדְמָעוֺת וַתַּשְׁקֵ֫מוֺ Psa 80:6; accusative of thing omitted, literal Jdg 4:19; Exo 32:20 (E), figurative Jer 25:17. — See also I.מַשְׁקֶה infra.
Pu`al Imperfect3masculine singular יְשֻׁקֶּה עַצְמוֺתָיו וּמֹחַ Job 21:24 the marrow of his bones is watered, (refreshed, invigorated). — נשׁקה Amo 8:8 see שׁקע. p. 1054.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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