hebrew #7937 - שָׁכַר shakar (to be or become drunk or drunken)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance be filled with drink abundantly, be, make drunken, be merry A primitive root; to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence -- (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of shaqah.) see HEBREW shaqah Englishman's Concordance 1) to be or become drunk or drunken, be intoxicated 1a) (Qal) to become drunken 1b) (Piel) to make drunken, cause to be drunk 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be drunk 1d) (Hithpael) to make oneself drunk Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 2388 Brown-Driver-Briggs I. [שָׁכַר] verbbe, or beocme, drunk, drunken (Late Hebrew id., derived species and derivatives; Ecclus 40:18; Ecclus 40:20 שכרstrong drink; Arabic  be drunken, also be full,  fill; Assyrian šikaru;=שֵׁכָר, šikaru, drunken, perhaps also verb šakâru; Ethiopic  : Aramaic שִׁכְרָא,  =שְׁכָר, especially date-wine (Löw p. 125), compare  be drunken, usually (derived species) defile, deform, etc.; from שֵׁכָר, Egyptian t-av-k-±ra WMMAs.u.Eur.102, Greek σίκερα, LewyFremdw. 81); — QalPerfect3plural שָֽׁכְרוּIsaiah 29:9; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑רGenesis 9:21, 3 masculine plural יִשְׁכָּר֑וּןIsaiah 49:26, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שִׁכְרוּJeremiah 25:27; Songs 5:1; Infinitive constructלְשָׁכְרָהHaggai 1:6; Passive participleשְׁכֻרַתIsaiah 51:21 (Ges§ 130b LagBN 60); — become drunkenGenesis 9:21 (J), of social drinking Genesis 43:34 (J), Songs 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 יִשׁIsaiah 49:26. Pi`elmake drunken: Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וַיְשַׁכְּרֵהוּ2 Samuel 11:13, literal; figurative 1singular (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 וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵםI brake them in pieces); Participle feminine singular, of Babylonian, מְשַׁכֶּרֶת בָּלהָֿרֶץJeremiah 51:7; compare Infinitive abs. שַׁכֵּרHabakkuk 2:15 (i. e. terrorizing nations; read probably ׳הַשְׁקֵה וְאַף שׁ We Now). Hiph`ilid.: Perfect1singular וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּ֫יJeremiah 51:27 (subject ׳י) i.e. make princes helpless, וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּיםJeremiah 51:39; Imperative masculine plural suffix הַשְׁכִּירֻהוּ object Moab, i.e. make helpless and disgraced Jeremiah 48:26; Imperfect1singular אַשְׁכִּיר חְצַּי מִדָּםDeuteronomy 32:42. — RubenJQ xi (1889), 446 proposes מַשְׁכִּירוֺתHosea 7:5 for משׁך ידו את. Hithpa`elImperfect2feminine singular תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִין1 Samuel 1:14 how long wilt thou make thyself drunken [a drunken spectacle] ? Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 7937. שָׁכַר (shakar) — 19 OccurrencesGenesis 9:21 Genesis 43:34 Deuteronomy 32:42 1 Samuel 1:14 2 Samuel 11:13 Songs 5:1 Isaiah 29:9 Isaiah 49:26 Isaiah 51:21 Isaiah 63:6 Jeremiah 25:27 Jeremiah 48:26 Jeremiah 51:7 Jeremiah 51:39 Jeremiah 51:57 Lamentations 4:21 Nahum 3:11 Habakkuk 2:15 Haggai 1:6 |