1 feast;

2 drink; — absolute ׳מ Genesis 19:3 +; construct מִשְׁתֵּה 1 Samuel 25:36 +; suffix מִשְׁתָּיו Daniel 1:5 + (Ges^{§§ 93 ss}), etc.; —

1 feast, banquet (occasion for drinking, drinking-bout), 1 Samuel 25:36 (twice in verse); Isaiah 5:12; Jeremiah 51:39 (figurative), Job 1:5; Esther 2:18; Esther 5:14; Esther 8:17; Esther 9:19; lasting seven days Judges 14:12,17 (wedding-feast, compare Genesis 29:27, and see Benz^{Archaeology 143}; Ency. Bib. 2949 Now^{Archaeology i. 163}); עָשָׂה ׳מ give or make a feast (sometimes + ל person) Genesis 19:3; Genesis 26:30 (both J), Genesis 21:8; Genesis 40:20 (both E), Judges 14:10; 2 Samuel 3:20; 1 Kings 3:15; Esther 1:3 8t. Esther; Job 1:4 + 2 Samuel 13:27 (twice in verse) ᵐ5 Th We Dr and modern; מִשְׁתֵּה הַיַּיִן Esther 5:6; Esther 7:2,7, בֵּית מִשְׁתֶּה Jeremiah 16:8; Ecclesiastes 7:2, בֵּית מִשְׁתֵּה הַיַּיִן Esther 7:8; ׳יוֺם מ וְשִׂמְחָה Esther 9:17,18, compare Esther 9:22; of ׳יs banquet for all peoples Isaiah 25:6 (figurative of Messianic blessings); figurative also in תָּמִיד ׳טוֺבלֵֿב מ Proverbs 15:15.

2 drink (late): וָשֶׁמֶן ׳מַאֲכָל וּמ Ezra 3:7; suffix יֵין מִשְׁתָּיו Daniel 1:5,8; מִשְׁתֵּיהֶם Daniel 1:16; מִשְׁתֵּכֶם Daniel 1:10.

II. שׁתה (√ of following; "" of שׁית; = set, sit).

[מִשְׁתֵּי so ᵑ7] noun masculine feast (as Biblical Hebrew מִשְׁתֶּה]; — emphatic בֵּית מִשְׁתְּיָא Daniel 5:10.