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Numbers 5:27
“And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8248 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937 (שָׁכַר), H8354 (שָׁתָה).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הִשְׁקָ֣ — verb Hiphil, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- הּ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 62 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:6Genesis 2:10Genesis 19:32Genesis 19:33Genesis 19:34
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 שָׁקָה 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.