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Jeremiah 25:16

“And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁתָהshâthâh · shaw-thaw'
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
  • וְ — conjunction
  • שָׁת֕וּ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
Code HC/Vqq3cp
Usage
Occurs 217 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 9:21Genesis 24:14Genesis 24:14Genesis 24:18Genesis 24:19

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.

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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.