BDB9072 [H8354]

I. שָׁתָה217 verb drink (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šatû, Ethiopic Old Aramaic שתה, Aramaic שְׁתָא, אִשְׁתִּי, [], ; Sabean שתי DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 403 HomChr 124); —

Qal216 Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳שׁ Exod 34:28 +, 1 singular שָׁתִ֫יתִי 1Sam 1:15 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשְׁתֶּה Gen 44:5 +, וַיִּשְׁתֶּה 1Kgs 19:8, usually וַיֵּשְׁתְּ Gen 9:21+; jussive וְיֵשְׁתְּ 1Kgs 13:18 3 feminine singular וַתֵּשְׁתְּ Num 20:11 2 masculine singular with apocope תֵּשְׁתְּ Judg 13:14 +, וַתֵּשְׁתְּ 1Kgs 13:22 1 singular וָאֵשְׁתְּ Gen 24:46 3 masculine plural יִשְׁתָּי֑וּן Ps 78:44, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁתֵה Gen 24:14 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁתֹה Isa 21:5; Jer 49:12 (in 1Sam 1:9 after preposition, anomalous, Ges«GKC:113e»§ 113e, omitted by ᵐ5 Th We Dr and modern), שָׁתוֺ Jer 25:28 +, שָׁתוֺת Isa 22:13 (Ges«GKC:75n»§ 75n); construct תְוֺ Prov 31:4, שְׁתוֺת Jer 35:8; Jer 35:14, לִשְׁתּתֹ Gen 24:19 +, suffix שְׁתוֺתוֺ 1Kgs 13:33, לִשְׁתּוֺתָהּ Isa 51:22 etc.; Participle active שֹׁתֶה Isa 29:8 +, feminine שֹׁתָה Job 6:4, etc.; —
1. a. of man: drink, water, wine, etc., Exod 34:28 (JE), compare Exod 15:24 (J), 1Sam 30:12; Amos 2:8; Amos 4:8; Amos 5:11; Isa 5:22; Isa 62:8; Isa 62:9; Prov 31:4; Judg 13:4; Judg 13:7; Judg 13:14 + often (2 t. J E; 6 t. D); by measure (short allowance) Ezek 4:11; Ezek 4:16 milk Ezek 25:4, compare Song 5:1 blood 1Chr 11:19 (figurative of water gained by hazard); figurative חֲמָתָם שֹׁתָה רוּחִי Job 6:4 whose venom [of arrows of ׳י] my spirit drinks up; accusative + מִן of source Exod 7:18 (J), vExod 7:21 (E), Exod 15:23 (J), Prov 5:15 (figurative); accusative (of wine, water, etc.) omitted Gen 24:14 (twice in verse); Gen 27:25; Gen 43:34 (all J) + 11 t. J, Exod 7:24; Exod 17:6 (E), Num 20:5 (JE), vNum 20:11; Num 33:14 (P), Judg 15:19 + often; accusative שׁין 2Kgs 18:27 = Isa 36:12 מַמְתַקִּים Neh 8:10 absolute Eccl 2:24 +; + מִן of source 1Kgs 17:4; 1Kgs 17:6; Ps 110:7, מִכֹּסוֺ 2Sam 12:3 בְּמִזְרְקֵי יַיִן ׳שׁ Amos 6:6, compare Gen 44:5 בְּיַיִן ׳שׁ Prov 9:5
\ \ c. מִן partitive Gen 9:21; Exod 7:24; Ruth 2:9, also (figurative) Jer 51:7 (and Job 21:20 infra).
\ \ b. participle as substantive שֹׁתֵי מַיִם Ezek 31:14; Ezek 31:16, שֹׁתֵי יַיִן Joel 1:5 שׁוֺתֵי שֵׁכָר Ps 69:13.
\ \ c. drink wine in sacrificial feast Deut 32:38 (poem); blood of sacrificial victim Ps 50:13 (figurative of ׳י).
\ \ d. subject animals Num 20:19; Jonah 3:7 (both + men), also (figurative) Ezek 34:18; Ezek 34:19 accusative (water) omitted Gen 24:19; Gen 24:22; Gen 30:38 (twice in verse).
\ \ e. figurative of drinking cup of ׳י's wrath, אֶתאכּוֺס ׳שׁ חֲמָתוֺ Isa 51:17 (+ ׳מִיַּד י), compare vIsa 51:17, vIsa 51:22, see also Ezek 23:32; Ezek 23:34 and (accusative omitted) Jer 25:16; Jer 25:26; Jer 25:27 + 8 t. Jeremiah; Hab 2:16 absolute Obad 1:16 (3 t. in verse); accusative שְׁמָרִים Ps 75:9 מֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי ׳שׁ Job 21:20. feminine drink blood, figurative of slaughter, Num 23:24 (J E; of lion, metaphor of Israel), Zech 9:15 (read דָּמָם for הָמוּ ᵐ5Manuscripts Sta Now Marti); so (blood of ׳י's sacrifice) Ezek 39:17; Ezek 39:18; Ezek 39:19.
\ \ g. figurative of wicked deeds: יֵין חֲמָסִים יִשְׁתּוּ Prov 4:17 (|| לָֽחֲמוּ לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע; these are their food and drink), compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7, but Prov 26:6 apparently = suffers violence (compare De Toy).
2. late, = feast Esth 3:15; Esth 7:1 (compare מִשְׁתֶּה). Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשָּׁתֶה Lev 11:34 (P) all which is (may be) drunk, with ב of vessel. — נִשְׁתָּ֑וָה Prov 27:15 see I. שׁוה near the end For cause, give, to drink see שׁקה.


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