שָׁקָה
sha.qahto water: wateringHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb62 occurrences21 books60 verses
Definition
a primitive root; to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
Traditional renderings: cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937, H8354.
Traditional renderings: cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937, H8354.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁקָה:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
62 total
- Jeremiah 9:15וְהִשְׁקִיתִ֖ים · to drinkTherefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
- Jeremiah 16:7יַשְׁק֤וּ · will be givenNo food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.
- Jeremiah 23:15וְהִשְׁקִתִ֖ים · to drinkTherefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
- Jeremiah 25:15וְהִשְׁקִיתָ֤ה · drinkThis is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
- Jeremiah 25:17וָֽאַשְׁקֶה֙ · drinkSo I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,
- Jeremiah 35:2וְהִשְׁקִיתָ֥ · to offer them a drink“Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.”
- Ezekiel 17:7לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת · so that he might water itBut there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.
- Ezekiel 32:6וְהִשְׁקֵיתִ֨י · I will drenchI will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains—the ravines will be filled.
- Joel 3:18וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה · to waterAnd in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
- Amos 2:12וַתַּשְׁק֥וּ · drink“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
- Amos 8:8וְנִשְׁקָה · and then subsideWill not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
- Habakkuk 2:15מַשְׁקֵ֣ה · to him who gives drinkWoe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!