BDB8680
I. [שָׁכַר] verb
be, or beocme, drunk, drunken (Late Hebrew id., derived species and
derivatives;
Eccl 40:18;
Eccl 40:20
שכר
strong drink; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 5537]
be drunken, also be full,
[untranscribed source text 5538]
fill; Assyrian
šikaru
; = שֵׁכָר,
šikaru
, drunken, perhaps also verb
šakâru
; Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 5539]: Aramaic שִׁכְרָא,
[untranscribed source text 5540] = שְׁכָר, especially date-wine (Löw p. 125), compare
[untranscribed source text 5541]
be drunken, usually (derived species) defile, deform, etc.; from
שֵׁכָר, Egyptian
t-av-k-±ra
WMMAs.u.Eur.102, Greek σίκερα, LewyFremdw. 81); —
Qal
Perfect 3 plural שָֽׁכְרוּ
Isa 29:9
Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר
Gen 9:21, 3
masculine plural יִשְׁכָּר֑וּן
Isa 49:26,
etc.; Imperative masculine plural שִׁכְרוּ
Jer 25:27;
Song 5:1
Infinitive construct
לְשָׁכְרָה
Hag 1:6
Passive participle
שְׁכֻרַת
Isa 51:21 (
Ges«GKC:130b»§ 130b
LagBN 60); — become drunken
Gen 9:21 (
J
), of social drinking Gen 43:34 (
J
), Song 5:1,
token of plenty Hag 1:6
figurative of nations staggering helplessly under calamity Jer 25:27; Jer 51:21(וְלֹא מִיָּ֑יִן), of
Nah 3:11 of
infatuation Isa 29:9
(וְלֹא יַיִן), of disgrace Lam 4:21, self-destruction, ׳
כֶּעָסִיס דָּמָם יִשׁ
Isa 49:26.
Pi`el
make drunken: Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וַיְשַׁכְּרֵהוּ
2Sam 11:13,
literal; figurative 1 singular (suffix of people) וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵם (read ׳
וָ) Isa
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
Jer 51:7 compare
Infinitive absolute. שַׁכֵּר
Hab 2:15 (i. e.
terrorizing nations; read probably ׳
הַשְׁקֵה וְאַף שׁ
We
Now).
Hiph`il
id.: Perfect 1 singular וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּ֫י
Jer 51:27
(subject ׳
י) i.e. make princes helpless, וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים Jer 51:39
Imperative masculine plural suffix הַשְׁכִּירֻהוּ object Moab, i.e. make helpless and
disgraced Jer 48:26
Imperfect 1 singular אַשְׁכִּיר חְצַּי מִדָּם
Deut 32:42. —
RubenJQ xi (1889), 446 proposes מַשְׁכִּירוֺת
Hos 7:5 for
משׁך ידו את.
Hithpa`el
Imperfect 2 feminine singular תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִין
1Sam 1:14 how long
wilt thou make thyself drunken [a drunken spectacle]?
