What does שָׁקָה · מַיִם mean in the Bible?
שָׁקָה · מַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "give him water to drink, cause him to drink water".
Hebrew · H8248, H4325
הַשְׁקֵהוּ מָיִם
To quaff , i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to · water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen
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שָׁקָהH8248to quaff , i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
Pronunciationšāqāh
To cause drinking; primarily irrigation of land, secondarily provision of sustenance to humans or animals.
Open lexicon entry →מַיִםH4325water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen
Pronunciationmayim
Foundational necessity moving from literal substance to bodily fluids; water as life-sustaining element throughout OT narrative and metaphor.
Open lexicon entry →What does הַשְׁקֵהוּ מָיִם (hashqehu mayim) mean in the Bible?
שָׁקָה · מַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "give him water to drink, cause him to drink water".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8248, H4325?
H8248, H4325 is connected to 644 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. give him water to drink, cause him to drink water
Source Gloss
give him water to drink, cause him to drink water
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups2Aligned forms13
Hiphilcausative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action12×
ImperfectGen 29:2 · Jer 16:7 · Ps 104:11 · Gen 24:14 · Gen 24:46 · Gen 19:32 · Job 22:7 · Num 5:268×
Participle activeHab 2:15 · Ps 104:132×
PerfectGen 24:461×
Sequential imperfectGen 29:71×
Pualintensive passive — intensive action received by the subject1×
ImperfectJob 21:241×
Word Origins
הַשְׁקֵהוּ מָיִם is a primitive root - no further derivation.