Brown-Driver-Briggs
I.
שָׁתָה217 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 Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ Exodus 34:28 +, 1 singular שָׁתִ֫יתִי 1 Samuel 1:15 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁתֶּה Genesis 44:5 +, וַיִּשְׁתֶּה 1 Kings 19:8, usually וַיֵּשְׁתְּ Genesis 9:21+; jussive וְיֵשְׁתְּ 1 Kings 13:18; 3feminine singular וַתֵּשְׁתְּ Numbers 20:11; 2masculine singular with apocope תֵּשְׁתְּ Judges 13:14 +, וַתֵּשְׁתְּ 1 Kings 13:22; 1singular וָאֵשְׁתְּ Genesis 24:46; 3masculine 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 ᵐ5 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 t. J E; 6 t. 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 t. 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;
c. מִן partitive Genesis 9:21; Exodus 7:24; Ruth 2:9, also (figurative) Jeremiah 51:7 (and Job 21:20 infra).
b. participle as substantive שֹׁתֵי מַיִם Ezekiel 31:14,16, שֹׁתֵי יַיִן Joel 1:5; שׁוֺתֵי שֵׁכָר Psalm 69:13.
c. drink wine in sacrificial feast Deuteronomy 32:38 (poem); blood of sacrificial victim Psalm 50:13 (figurative of ׳י).
d. subject animals Numbers 20:19; Jonah 3:7 (both + men), also (figurative) Ezekiel 34:18,19; accusative (water) omitted Genesis 24:19,22; Genesis 30:38 (twice in verse).
e. figurative of drinking cup of ׳יs wrath, אֶתאכּוֺס ׳שׁ חֲמָתוֺ Isaiah 51:17 (+ ׳מִיַּד י), compare Isaiah 51:17, Isaiah 51:22, see also Ezekiel 23:32,34 and (accusative omitted) Jeremiah 25:16,26,27 8t. Jeremiah; Habakkuk 2:16; absolute Obadiah 16 (3 t. in verse); accusative שְׁמָרִים Psalm 75:9; מֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי ׳שׁ Job 21:20.
f. drink blood, figurative of slaughter, Numbers 23:24 (J E; of lion, metaphor of Israel), Zechariah 9:15 (read דָּמָם for הָמוּ ᵐ5Manuscripts Sta Now Marti); so (blood of ׳יs sacrifice) Ezekiel 39:17,18,19.
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).
2 late, = feast Esther 3:15; Esther 7:1 (compare מִשְׁתֶּה).
Niph`al Imperfect3masculine 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.
