I. שָׁתָה 217 verb drink (Late Hebrew
id.; Assyrian
šatû, Ethiopic

Old Aramaic
שתה, Aramaic
שְׁתָא,
אִשְׁתִּי, [

],

; Sabean
שתי DHM
ZMG xxxvii (1883), 403 Hom
Chr 124); —
Qal216 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Exodus 34:28 +,
1st person singular שָׁתִ֫יתִי 1 Samuel 1:15 +, etc.;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁתֶּה Genesis 44:5 +,
וַיִּשְׁתֶּה 1 Kings 19:8, usually
וַיֵּשְׁתְּ Genesis 9:21+; jussive
וְיֵשְׁתְּ 1 Kings 13:18;
3rd person feminine singular וַתֵּשְׁתְּ Numbers 20:11;
2nd person masculine singular with apocope
תֵּשְׁתְּ Judges 13:14 +,
וַתֵּשְׁתְּ 1 Kings 13:22;
1st person singular וָאֵשְׁתְּ Genesis 24:46;
3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁתָּי֑וּן Psalm 78:44, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular שְׁתֵה Genesis 24:14 +, etc.;
Infinitive absolute שָׁתֹה Isaiah 21:5;
Jeremiah 49:12 (in
1 Samuel 1:9 after preposition, anomalous, Ges
§ 113e, omitted by

Th We Dr and modern),
שָׁתוֺ Jeremiah 25:28 +,
שָׁתוֺת Isaiah 22:13 (Ges
§ 75n); construct
תְוֺ Proverbs 31:4,
שְׁתוֺת Jeremiah 35:8,
14,
לִשְׁתּתֹ Genesis 24:19 +, suffix
שְׁתוֺתוֺ 1 Kings 13:33,
לִשְׁתּוֺתָהּ Isaiah 51:22 etc.;
Participle active שֹׁתֶה Isaiah 29:8 +,
feminine שֹׁתָה Job 6:4, etc.; —
1.
a. of man:
drink, water, wine, etc.,
Exodus 34:28 (JE), compare
Exodus 15:24 (J),
1 Samuel 30:12;
Amos 2:8;
Amos 4:8;
Amos 5:11;
Isaiah 5:22;
Isaiah 62:8,
9;
Proverbs 31:4;
Judges 13:4,
7,
14 + often (
2 times J E; +
6 times D); by measure (short allowance)
Ezekiel 4:11,
16; milk †
Ezekiel 25:4, compare
Songs 5:1; blood
1 Chronicles 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 †
Exodus 7:18 (J),
Exodus 7:21 (E),
Exodus 15:23 (J),
Proverbs 5:15 (figurative); accusative (of wine, water, etc.) omitted
Genesis 24:14 (twice in verse);
Genesis 27:25;
Genesis 43:34 (all J) +
11 times J,
Exodus 7:24;
Exodus 17:6 (E),
Numbers 20:5 (JE),
Numbers 20:11;
Numbers 33:14 (P),
Judges 15:19 + often; accusative
שׁין †
2 Kings 18:27 =
Isaiah 36:12;
מַמְתַקִּים Nehemiah 8:10; absolute
Ecclesiastes 2:24 +; +
מִן of source
1 Kings 17:4,
6;
Psalm 110:7,
מִכֹּסוֺ 2 Samuel 12:3;
בְּמִזְרְקֵי יַיִן שׁ׳ Amos 6:6, compare
Genesis 44:5;
בְּיַיִן שׁ׳ †
Proverbs 9:5; with
מִן partitive
Genesis 9:21;
Exodus 7:24;
Ruth 2:9, also (figurative)
Jeremiah 51:7 (and
Job 21:20 below).
g. figurative of wicked deeds:
יֵין חֲמָסִים יִשְׁתּוּ Proverbs 4:17 (||
לָֽחֲמוּ לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע; these are their food and drink), compare
Job 15:16;
Job 34:7, but
Proverbs 26:6 apparently =
suffers violence (compare De Toy).
†
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׁתֶה Leviticus 11:34 (P) all which
is (may be)
drunk, with
ב of vessel. —
נִשְׁתָּ֑וָה Proverbs 27:15 see I.
שׁוה near the end For
cause, give, to drink see
שׁקה.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H8355.
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