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Strong's #7937 - שָׁכַר
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- to be or become drunk or drunken, be intoxicated
- (Qal) to become drunken
- 1b)(Piel) to make drunken, cause to be drunk
- (Hiphil) to cause to be drunk
- (Hithpael) to make oneself drunk
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2839) rks (סהכר ShKR) AC: Drunk CO: Liquor AB: Drunkenness
V) rks (סהכר ShKR) - Drunk: To be filled with intoxicating drink. KJV (19): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Piel) drunk, filled, abundantly, merry - Strongs: H7937 (שָׁכַר)
Nm) rks (סהכר ShKR) - Liquor: An intoxicating drink. KJV (23): drink, wine - Strongs: H7941 (שֵׁכָר)
ecm) rfkis (סהיכור ShYKWR) - Drunkard: One who is filled with intoxicating drink. KJV (13): drunken, drunkard, drunk - Strongs: H7910 (שִׁכֹּר)
ejm) nfrkis (סהיכרונ ShYKRWN) - Drunkenness: KJV (3): drunkenness, drunken - Strongs: H7943 (שִׁכָּרוֹן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect 3 plural שָֽׁכְרוּ Isaiah 29:9; Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר Genesis 9:21,3masculine plural יִשְׁכָּר֑וּן Isaiah 49:26, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שִׁכְרוּ Jeremiah 25:27; Song of Solomon 5:1; Infinitive construct לְשָׁכְרָה Haggai 1:6; Passive participle שְׁכֻרַת Isaiah 51:21 (Ges§ 130b Lag BN 60); — become drunken Genesis 9:21 (J), of social drinking Genesis 43:34 (J), Song of Solomon 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`el make drunken: Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וַיְשַׁכְּרֵהוּ 2 Samuel 11:13, literal; figurative 1 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 abs. שַׁכֵּר Habakkuk 2:15 (i. e. terrorizing nations; read probably ׳הַשְׁקֵה וְאַף שׁ We Now).
Hiph`il id.: Perfect 1 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 1 singular אַשְׁכִּיר חְצַּי מִדָּם Deuteronomy 32:42. — Ruben JQ xi (1889), 446 proposes מַשְׁכִּירוֺת Hosea 7:5 for משׁך ידו את.
Hithpa`el Imperfect 2 feminine singular תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִין 1 Samuel 1:14 how long wilt thou make thyself drunken [a drunken spectacle] ?
שָׁכַר fut. יִשְׁכַּר; Arab. سَكِرَ
(1) to drink to the full (i.q. רָוָה), Hagg. 1:6 to drink to hilarity, Song of Solomon 5:1; Genesis 43:34. It is very often
(2) to make oneself drunken, Genesis 9:21 followed by an acc. of the drink, Isaiah 29:9, 49:26 followed by מִן Isaiah 51:21. Metaph. in the prophets the wicked are said to be drunken, since they rush, by a kind of madness, upon their own destruction, Isaiah 29:9, 51:21 Lamentations 4:21; Nahum 3:11. Compare כּוֹם, תַּרְעֵלָה. Part. pass. שְׁכוּרָה drunken, Isaiah 51:21.
Piel, to make drunken, 2 Samuel 11:13 metaph. (see Kal), Jeremiah 51:7; Isaiah 63:6.
Hiphil, id., to make drunken
(a) arrows with blood, Deuteronomy 32:42.
(b) nations (see Kal and Piel), Jeremiah 51:57.
Hithpael, to act as one drunk, 1 Samuel 1:14.
Derivatives, שֵׁכָר-שִׁכְרוֹן, שִׁכּוֹר.
II. שָׁכַר (kindred to שָׂכַר) to hire, to reward, see אֶשְׁכָּר.