STRONGS H7937:
Abbreviations
† I. [
שָׁכַר]
verb be, or become, drunk, drunken (Late Hebrew
id., derived species and derivatives;
Ecclus 40:18; Ecclus 40:20 שכר strong drink; Arabic
be drunken, also
be full,
fill; Assyrian
šikaru; =
שֵׁכָר,
šikaru,
drunken, perhaps also verb
šakâru; Ethiopic
: Aramaic
שִׁכְרָא,
=
שְׁכָר, especially
date-wine (Löw p. 125), compare
be drunken, usually (derived species)
defile, deform, etc.; from
שֵׁכָר, Egyptian
ṯà-k-ïra WMM
As. u. Eur. 102, Greek
σίκερα, Lewy
Fremdw. 81); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural שָֽׁכְרוּ Isaiah 29:9;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר Genesis 9:21,
3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁכָּר֑וּן Isaiah 49:26, etc.;
Imperative masculine plural שִׁכְרוּ Jeremiah 25:27; Songs 5:1;
Infinitive construct לְשָׁכְרָה Haggai 1:6;
Passive participle שְׁכֻרַת Isaiah 51:21 (Ges
§ 130 b Lag
BN 60); —
become drunken Genesis 9:21 (J), of social drinking
Genesis 43:34 (J), Songs 5:1, token of plenty
Haggai 1:6; figurative of nations staggering helplessly under calamity
Jeremiah 25:27;
Jeremiah 51:21(
וְלֹא מִיָּ֑יִן), of
Nahum 3:11; of infatuation
Isaiah 29:9 (
וְלֹא יַיִן), of disgrace
Lamentations 4:21, self-destruction,
כֶּעָסִיס דָּמָם יִשׁ׳ Isaiah 49:26.
Pi. make drunken: Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix
וַיְשַׁכְּרֵהוּ 2 Samuel 11:13, literal; figurative
1st person singular (suffix of people)
וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵם (read
וָ׳)
Isaiah 63:6 (subject
י׳)
I made them drunk in my wrath (but MSS Ges Hi Ew Che Kit Marti and others
וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵם I brake them in pieces);
Participle feminine singular, of Babylonian,
מְשַׁכֶּרֶת בָּלהָֿרֶץ Jeremiah 51:7; compare
Infinitive absolute.
שַׁכֵּר Habakkuk 2:15 (i.e. terrorizing nations; read probably
הַשְׁקֵה וְאַף שׁ׳ We Now).
Hiph. id.:
Perfect 1st person singular וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּ֫י Jeremiah 51:27 (subject
י׳) i.e. make princes helpless,
וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים Jeremiah 51:39;
Imperative masculine plural suffix
הַשְׁכִּירֻהוּ object Moab, i.e. make helpless and disgraced
Jeremiah 48:26;
Imperfect 1st person singular אַשְׁכִּיר חְצַּי מִדָּם Deuteronomy 32:42. — Ruben
JQ xi (1889), 446 proposes
מַשְׁכִּירוֺת Hosea 7:5 for
משׁך ידו את.
Hithp. Imperfect 2nd person feminine singular תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִין 1 Samuel 1:14 how long
wilt thou make thyself drunken [a drunken spectacle] ?
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
9:21; 9:21; 43:34
Deuteronomy
32:42
1 Samuel
1:14
2 Samuel
11:13
Song of Songs
5:1; 5:1
Isaiah
29:9; 29:9; 49:26; 49:26; 51:21; 63:6
Jeremiah
25:27; 25:27; 48:26; 51:7; 51:21; 51:27; 51:39
Lamentations
4:21
Hosea
7:5
Nahum
3:11
Habakkuk
2:15
Haggai
1:6; 1:6
