Lexical Definition

‎מַשְׁקֶה‎ mashqeh (mash-keh') cupbearer ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁקָה‎

butler(-ship), cupbearer, drink(-ing), fat pasture, watered.

• properly, causing to drink, i.e. a butler
• by implication (intransitively), drink (itself)
• figuratively, a well-watered region

1) irrigation, drink
1a) irrigation
1b) drink, drinking vessels
1c) butlership (office of butler)
2) butler, cup-bearer

See Greek: ἀρχή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎מַשְׁקֶה‎ noun masculine butler, cup-bearer (properly Participle Hiph`il = one giving drink); — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 40:5 (E), Neh 1:11, construct ‎מַשְׁקֵה‎ Gen 40:1, suffix ‎מַשְׁקֵ֫הוּ‎ vGen 40:13, plural ‎מַשְׁקִים‎ vGen 40:2 vGen 40:9 vGen 40:20 vGen 40:21 vGen 40:23; Gen 41:9 (all E); suffix ‎מַשְׁקָיו‎ 1Kgs 10:5 = 2Chr 9:4 ( > II. ‎׳‎‎מ‎).

II. ‎מַשְׁקֶה‎ noun masculine^{Lev 11:34} irrigation, drink; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 13:10; Lev 11:34, construct ‎מַשְׁקֵה‎ 1Kgs 10:21 + 3 t.; suffix ‎מַשְׁקֵ֫הוּ‎ Gen 40:21 —

1. irrigation Gen 13:10 (J; abstract for concrete, =) well-irrigated, of land; Ezek 45:15 (< ᵐ5 Co Siegf Berthol Toy Krae ‎מִשְׁפְּחוֺת‎; Gr ‎מִקְנֵה‎).

2. drink Isa 32:6; Lev 11:34 ‎׳‎‎כְּלֵי מ‎ drinking-vessels 1Kgs 10:21 = 2Chr 9:20.

3. = office of butler, butlership Gen 40:21(E).

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