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Jeremiah 51:57

“And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁכַרshâkar · shaw-kar'
H7937 · Hebrew

Definition: to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with astimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)
Grammar: וְ֠ — conjunction
הִשְׁכַּרְתִּי — verb Hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular
Code HC/Vhq1cs
Usage: Occurs 19 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 9:21 Genesis 43:34 Deuteronomy 32:42 1 Samuel 1:14 2 Samuel 11:13

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 שָׁכַר here.

Verse 56 Verse 58

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.