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STRONGS NUMBER H8248
Transliteration: shaqah
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kaw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: cause to drink water, give to drink
Meaning: to quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to
Word Summary
shaqah: cause to drink water, give to drink
Original Word: שָׁקָהTransliteration: shaqah
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kaw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: cause to drink water, give to drink
Meaning: to quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to
Strong's Concordance
cause to give, give to, let, make to drink, drown, moisten, water A primitive root; to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to -- cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See shakar, shathah.
see HEBREW shakar
see HEBREW shathah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8248. shaqah
[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 Genesis 2:6 +, suffix וְהִשְׁקָהּ Numbers 5:27; 2masculine singular consecutive וְהִשְׁקִיתָ 20:8 +; 1 singular consecutive וְהִשְׁקֵיתִי Ezekiel 32:6, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַשְׁקֶה Numbers 5:26, וַיַּשְׁקְ Genesis 29:10 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix הַשְׁקִ֫הוּ Proverbs 25:21; feminine singular suffix הַשְׁקֹ֫ינִי Genesis 24:43 +; Infinitive construct הַשְׁקוֺת 2:10 +, suffix הַשְׁקֹתוֺ 24:19; Participle מַשְׁקֶה Psalm 104:13, construct Habakkuk 2:15 (see also I., II. מַשְׁקֶה); —
1 water, irrigate, ground: subject mist Genesis 2:6, river 2:10 (both J), spring Joel 4:18; subject ׳י Isaiah 27:3 (כֶּרֶם), Ezekiel 17:7 (גֶּפֶן), both in figure, figurative also 32:6 water land מִדָּם; literal with מִן of source Psalm 104:13 (הָרִים) and (subject man) Ecclesiastes 2:6 (יַעַר).
2 water, give drink to, usually human subject, accusative of beast, Genesis 24:14, 46 (twice in verse); 29:2 (מִן of source), 29:3; 29:7; 29:8; 29:10; Exodus 2:16-17, 19 (all J), Psalm 104:11 (subject springs); accusative of person Genesis 21:19 (E), 24:18-19, 45 (J), Habakkuk 2:15 (figurative), Isaiah 43:20 (׳י subject), Psalm 78:15 (id.), 2 Chronicles 28:15, with ב of vessel Esther 1:7; with accusative of person and animal. Numbers 20:8 (P); give one something to drink, accusative of person + of thing (water, wine, etc.), Amos 2:12; Genesis 19:32-33, 34, 35; 24:43 (all J), Judges 4:19; 1 Samuel 30:11; 2 Samuel 23:15 = 1 Chronicles 11:15; Job 22:7, compare Song of Solomon 8:2 (מִיַּיִן); figurative Jeremiah 8:14; 9:14; 16:7; 23:15; 25:15; Psalm 69:22, compare תַשְׁקֵם עֲדָנֶיךָ וְנַחַל 36:9, and בִּדְמָעוֺת וַתַּשְׁקֵ֫מוֺ 80:6; accusative of thing omitted, literal Judges 4:19; Exodus 32:20 (E), figurative Jeremiah 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 Amos 8:8 see שׁקע. p. 1054.