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HebrewH8248Verb

שָׁקָה

sha.qah

53Occurrences
H8248Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
watering(ANIMALS/PLANTS) 1) to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to water, irrigate 1a2) to water, give drink to 1b) (Pual) to be watered 1c) (Niphal) variant

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

שָׁקָה appears 53 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
18
Jeremiah
6
Exodus
4
Numbers
4
Psalms
3
Ezk
2
Isaiah
2
Job
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:17BSB

David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

Exodus 2:19BSB

“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”

Genesis 21:19BSB

Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

Genesis 29:8BSB

But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

Jeremiah 35:2BSB

“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.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.