Lexical Definition

‎שָׁתָה‎ shâthâh (shaw-thaw') to drink ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of ‎שָׁקָה‎.)

• to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

1) to drink
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to drink
1a1a) of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig)
1a2) to feast
1b) (Niphal) to be drunk

See Greek: μεθύσκω · πίνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎שָׁתָה‎₂₁₇ verb drink (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šatû, Ethiopic Old Aramaic ‎שתה‎, Aramaic ‎שְׁתָא‎, ‎אִשְׁתִּי‎, [], ; Sabean ‎שתי‎ DHM^{ZMG xxxvii (1883), 403} Hom^{Chr 124}); —

Qal₂₁₆ Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Exod 34:28 +, 1 singular ‎שָׁתִ֫יתִי‎ 1Sam 1:15 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשְׁתֶּה‎ Gen 44:5 +, ‎וַיִּשְׁתֶּה‎ 1Kgs 19:8, usually ‎וַיֵּשְׁתְּ‎ Gen 9:21+; jussive ‎וְיֵשְׁתְּ‎ 1Kgs 13:18 3 feminine singular ‎וַתֵּשְׁתְּ‎ Num 20:11 2 masculine singular with apocope ‎תֵּשְׁתְּ‎ Judg 13:14 +, ‎וַתֵּשְׁתְּ‎ 1Kgs 13:22 1 singular ‎וָאֵשְׁתְּ‎ Gen 24:46 3 masculine plural ‎יִשְׁתָּי֑וּן‎ Ps 78:44, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎שְׁתֵה‎ Gen 24:14 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎שָׁתֹה‎ Isa 21:5; Jer 49:12 (in 1Sam 1:9 after preposition, anomalous, Ges^{«GKC:113e»§ 113e}, omitted by ᵐ5 Th We Dr and modern), ‎שָׁתוֺ‎ Jer 25:28 +, ‎שָׁתוֺת‎ Isa 22:13 (Ges^{«GKC:75n»§ 75n}); construct ‎תְוֺ‎ Prov 31:4, ‎שְׁתוֺת‎ Jer 35:8; Jer 35:14, ‎לִשְׁתּתֹ‎ Gen 24:19 +, suffix ‎שְׁתוֺתוֺ‎ 1Kgs 13:33, ‎לִשְׁתּוֺתָהּ‎ Isa 51:22 etc.; Participle active ‎שֹׁתֶה‎ Isa 29:8 +, feminine ‎שֹׁתָה‎ Job 6:4, etc.; —

1. a. of man: drink, water, wine, etc., Exod 34:28 (JE), compare Exod 15:24 (J), 1Sam 30:12; Amos 2:8; Amos 4:8; Amos 5:11; Isa 5:22; Isa 62:8; Isa 62:9; Prov 31:4; Judg 13:4; Judg 13:7; Judg 13:14 + often (2 t. J E; 6 t. D); by measure (short allowance) Ezek 4:11; Ezek 4:16 milk Ezek 25:4, compare Song 5:1 blood 1Chr 11:19 (figurative of water gained by hazard); figurative ‎חֲמָתָם שֹׁתָה רוּחִי‎ Job 6:4 whose venom [of arrows of ‎׳‎‎י‎] my spirit drinks up; accusative + ‎מִן‎ of source Exod 7:18 (J), vExod 7:21 (E), Exod 15:23 (J), Prov 5:15 (figurative); accusative (of wine, water, etc.) omitted Gen 24:14 (twice in verse); Gen 27:25; Gen 43:34 (all J) + 11 t. J, Exod 7:24; Exod 17:6 (E), Num 20:5 (JE), vNum 20:11; Num 33:14 (P), Judg 15:19 + often; accusative ‎שׁין‎ 2Kgs 18:27 = Isa 36:12 ‎מַמְתַקִּים‎ Neh 8:10 absolute Eccl 2:24 +; + ‎מִן‎ of source 1Kgs 17:4; 1Kgs 17:6; Ps 110:7, ‎מִכֹּסוֺ‎ 2Sam 12:3 ‎בְּמִזְרְקֵי יַיִן‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Amos 6:6, compare Gen 44:5 ‎בְּיַיִן‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Prov 9:5
c. ‎מִן‎ partitive Gen 9:21; Exod 7:24; Ruth 2:9, also (figurative) Jer 51:7 (and Job 21:20 infra).
b. participle as substantive ‎שֹׁתֵי מַיִם‎ Ezek 31:14; Ezek 31:16, ‎שֹׁתֵי יַיִן‎ Joel 1:5 ‎שׁוֺתֵי שֵׁכָר‎ Ps 69:13*.
c. drink wine in sacrificial feast Deut 32:38 (poem); blood of sacrificial victim Ps 50:13 (figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎).
d. subject animals Num 20:19; Jonah 3:7 (both + men), also (figurative) Ezek 34:18; Ezek 34:19 accusative (water) omitted Gen 24:19; Gen 24:22; Gen 30:38 (twice in verse).
e. figurative of drinking cup of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s wrath, ‎אֶתאכּוֺס‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ‎חֲמָתוֺ‎ Isa 51:17 (+ ‎׳‎‎מִיַּד י‎), compare vIsa 51:17, vIsa 51:22, see also Ezek 23:32; Ezek 23:34 and (accusative omitted) Jer 25:16; Jer 25:26; Jer 25:27 + 8 t. Jeremiah; Hab 2:16 absolute Obad 1:16 (3 t. in verse); accusative ‎שְׁמָרִים‎ Ps 75:9* ‎מֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Job 21:20. feminine drink blood, figurative of slaughter, Num 23:24 (J E; of lion, metaphor of Israel), Zech 9:15 (read ‎דָּמָם‎ for ‎הָמוּ‎ ᵐ5^Manuscripts Sta Now Marti); so (blood of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s sacrifice) Ezek 39:17; Ezek 39:18; Ezek 39:19.
g. figurative of wicked deeds: ‎יֵין חֲמָסִים יִשְׁתּוּ‎ Prov 4:17 (|| ‎לָֽחֲמוּ לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע‎; these are their food and drink), compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7, but Prov 26:6 apparently = suffers violence (compare De Toy).

2. late, = feast Esth 3:15; Esth 7:1 (compare ‎מִשְׁתֶּה‎). Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשָּׁתֶה‎ Lev 11:34 (P) all which is (may be) drunk, with ‎ב‎ of vessel. — ‎נִשְׁתָּ֑וָה‎ Prov 27:15 see I. ‎שׁוה‎ near the end For cause, give, to drink see ‎שׁקה‎.

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