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Genesis 9:21
“And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁתָהshâthâh · shaw-thaw'
H8354 · Hebrew
H8354 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יֵּ֥שְׁתְּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 217 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 24:14Genesis 24:14Genesis 24:18Genesis 24:19Genesis 24:22
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁתָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.