What does שָׁקָה (šāqāh) mean in the Bible?
שָׁקָה (šāqāh): To cause drinking; primarily irrigation of land, secondarily provision of sustenance to humans or animals.
Hebrew · H8248
שָׁקָה
To quaff , i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
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שָׁקָה H8248
Pronunciation šāqāh
What does שָׁקָה (šāqāh) mean in the Bible?
שָׁקָה (šāqāh): To cause drinking; primarily irrigation of land, secondarily provision of sustenance to humans or animals.
Full entry for שָׁקָה (H8248) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8248?
The BSB source-word alignment has 62 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include to drink (8), drink (5), and watered (4), to water (4), drunk (3).
Where does שָׁקָה (šāqāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 2:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (19), Jeremiah (7), Psalms (7), Exodus (4).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It to drink 8× Exodus 32:20, Judges 4:19, 1 Samuel 30:11, Proverbs 25:21
drink 5× Numbers 5:24, Numbers 5:26, Jeremiah 25:15, Jeremiah 25:17
and watered 4× Genesis 2:6, Genesis 29:10, Exodus 2:17, Exodus 2:19
to water 4× Genesis 2:10, Exodus 2:16, Ecclesiastes 2:6, Joel 3:18
drunk 3× Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 19:35
and I will water 2× Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:46
would get me a drink 2× 2 Samuel 23:15, 1 Chronicles 11:17
[are] rich 1× Job 21:24
a drink 1× Genesis 21:19
and drink 1× 2 Chronicles 28:15
and gave [them] drink 1× Psalms 78:15
and gave him a drink 1× Genesis 24:18
and irrigated 1× Deuteronomy 11:10
and made them drink 1× Psalms 80:5
and provide drink 1× Numbers 20:8
and then subside 1× Amos 8:8
and water 1× Genesis 29:3
and You give them drink 1× Psalms 36:8
Beverages were served 1× Esther 1:7
gave him a drink 1× Judges 4:19
give me a drink 1× Genesis 24:45
had given him a drink 1× Genesis 24:19
He waters 1× Psalms 104:13
I water it continually 1× Isaiah 27:3
I will drench 1× Ezekiel 32:6
let me drink 1× Genesis 24:43
Let us get him drunk 1× Genesis 19:34
so that he might water it 1× Ezekiel 17:7
Then we will water 1× Genesis 29:8
They give drink 1× Psalms 104:11
to give drink 1× Isaiah 43:20
to him who gives drink 1× Habakkuk 2:15
to offer them a drink 1× Jeremiah 35:2
to quench 1× Psalms 69:21
Water 1× Genesis 29:7
watered 1× Genesis 24:46
were watered 1× Genesis 29:2
When he has made her drink 1× Numbers 5:27
will be given 1× Jeremiah 16:7
You gave 1× Job 22:7
You made us drink 1× Psalms 60:3
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 2:6 וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה to and watered Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Genesis 2:10 לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת to to water Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Genesis 19:32 נַשְׁקֶ֧ה to drunk Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural Genesis 19:33 וַתַּשְׁקֶ֧יןָ to drunk Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural Genesis 19:34 נַשְׁקֶ֨נּוּ to Let us get him drunk Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural | third person masculine singular Genesis 19:35 וַתַּשְׁקֶ֜יןָ to drunk Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural Genesis 21:19 וַתַּ֖שְׁקְ to a drink Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Genesis 24:14 אַשְׁקֶ֑ה to and I will water Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular Genesis 24:18 וַתַּשְׁקֵֽהוּ׃ to and gave him a drink Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Genesis 24:19 לְהַשְׁקֹת֑וֹ to had given him a drink Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 2:6
Aligned rows 62
Books represented 21
Genesis 19 Exodus 4 Numbers 4 Deuteronomy 1 Judges 2 1 Samuel 1 2 Samuel 1 1 Chronicles 1 2 Chronicles 1 Esther 1 Job 2 Psalms 7 Proverbs 1 Ecclesiastes 1 Song Of Solomon 1 Isaiah 2 Jeremiah 7 Ezekiel 2 Joel 1 Amos 2 Habakkuk 1
Source forms
וַיַּ֖שְׁקְ 3x way·yašq Exodus 2:17, Exodus 2:19, Exodus 32:20
לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת 3x lə·haš·qō·wṯ Genesis 2:10, Exodus 2:16, Isaiah 43:20
אַשְׁקֶ֑ה 2x ’aš·qeh Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:46
וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה 2x wə·hiš·qāh Genesis 2:6, Joel 3:18
וְהִשְׁקִיתָ֥ 2x wə·hiš·qî·ṯā Numbers 20:8, Jeremiah 35:2
יַשְׁקֵ֣נִי 2x yaš·qê·nî 2 Samuel 23:15, 1 Chronicles 11:17
לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת 2x lə·haš·qō·wṯ Ecclesiastes 2:6, Ezekiel 17:7
אַשְׁקְךָ֙ 1x ’aš·qə·ḵā Song Of Solomon 8:2
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 5x Genesis 29:10, Exodus 2:17, Exodus 2:19, Exodus 32:20
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct 5x Genesis 2:10, Exodus 2:16, Ecclesiastes 2:6, Isaiah 43:20
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular 4x Numbers 20:8, Deuteronomy 11:10, Jeremiah 25:15, Jeremiah 35:2
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular 3x Genesis 2:6, Numbers 5:24, Joel 3:18
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular | first person common singular 3x Genesis 24:43, Genesis 24:45, Judges 4:19
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural 3x Genesis 29:2, Psalms 104:11, Jeremiah 16:7
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural 2x Jeremiah 9:15, Jeremiah 23:15
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural 2x Genesis 19:33, Genesis 19:35
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. To cause drinking; primarily irrigation of land, secondarily provision of sustenance to humans or animals.
Strong's H8248
Lexical occurrences 62 verses Word forms 2 forms 13 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Exodus 2:16-22 Source Gloss
to quaff , i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
To cause drinking; primarily irrigation of land, secondarily provision of sustenance to humans or animals.
to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to BDB: cause to drink water Usage: cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See 7937, 8354.
Grammatical Forms
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Form groups 2 Aligned forms 13
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 12×
Imperfect Gen 29:2 · Jer 16:7 · Ps 104:11 · Gen 24:14 · Gen 24:46 · Gen 19:32 · Job 22:7 · Num 5:26 8×
Participle active Hab 2:15 · Ps 104:13 2×
Perfect Gen 24:46 1×
Sequential imperfect Gen 29:7 1×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×
Imperfect Job 21:24 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Providing animals with water to drink, practical care of livestock
Giving drink in context of judgment, providing liquid for consumption
Giving drink as an act of care toward an enemy, benevolent provision
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 62 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
שָׁקָה is a primitive root - no further derivation.
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain