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שָׁקָה

sha.qah

to water: watering

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Strong’s H8248Verb61 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

water5

they gave to drink4

she gave a drink3

give to drink3

he watered3

he will make drink3

let us make drink2

they made drink2

In the text

Genesis 2:10לְהַשְׁקוֹת
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
Exodus 2:16לְהַשְׁקוֹת
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Numbers 5:24וְהִשְׁקָה
He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and may cause her bitter suffering.
Judges 4:19וַתַּשְׁקֵהוּ
Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.
Psalm 69:21יַשְׁקוּנִי
They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
Jeremiah 8:14וַיַּשְׁקֵנוּ
Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שָׁקָה] vb. Hiph. cause to drink water, give to drink

Hiph.

1. water, irrigate, ground

2. water, give drink to

Pu. the marrow of his bones is watered, (refreshed, invigorated).

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.