H8354. shathah

I. שָׁתָה‎₂₁₇ verb drink (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šatû, Ethiopic Old Aramaic שתה‎, Aramaic אִשְׁתִּי שְׁתָא,‎, [], ; 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 29:8 +, feminine שֹׁתָה‎ Job 6:4, etc.; —

1. a. of man: drink, water, wine, etc., Exodus 34:28 (JE), compare 15:24 (J), 1 Samuel 30:12; Amos 2:8; 4:8; 5:11; Isaiah 5:22; 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 25:4, compare Song of Solomon 5:1; blood 1 Chronicles 11:19 (figurative of water gained by hazard); figurative רוּחִי שֹׁתָה חֲמָתָם‎ Job 6:4 whose venom [of arrows of ׳י‎] my spirit drinks up; accusative + מִן‎ of source Exodus 7:18 (J), 7:21 (E), 15:23 (J), Proverbs 5:15 (figurative); accusative (of wine, water, etc.) omitted Genesis 24:14 (twice in verse); 27:25; 43:34 (all J) + 11 t. J, Exodus 7:24; 17:6 (E), Numbers 20:5 (JE), 20:11; 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; ׳שׁ יַיִן בְּמִזְרְקֵי‎ Amos 6:6, compare Genesis 44:5; ׳שׁ בְּיַיִן‎ 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 מַיִם שֹׁתֵי‎ Ezekiel 31:14, 16, יַיִן שֹׁתֵי‎ Joel 1:5; שֵׁכָר שׁוֺתֵי‎ 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; 30:38 (twice in verse).

e. figurative of drinking cup of ׳י‎s wrath, חֲמָתוֺ ׳שׁ אֶתאכּוֺס‎ Isaiah 51:17 (+ י ׳מִיַּד‎), compare 51:17, 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; ׳שׁ שַׁדַּי מֵחֲמַת‎ 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 ᵐ5 הָמוּ‎^Manuscripts Sta Now Marti); so (blood of ׳י‎s sacrifice) Ezekiel 39:17-18, 19.

g. figurative of wicked deeds: יִשְׁתּוּ חֲמָסִים יֵין‎ Proverbs 4:17 ("" רֶשַׁע לֶחֶם לָֽחֲמוּ‎; these are their food and drink), compare Job 15:16; 34:7, but Proverbs 26:6 apparently = suffers violence (compare De Toy).

2 late, = feast Esther 3:15; 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.