שָׁכַר S 7937 TWOT 2388 GK 8509, 8910 ] vb. be , or become, drunk, drunken ( NH
id. , der. spec. and deriv.; Ecclus 40:1 8, 20 שכר strong drink; Arabic سَكِرَ ( sakira ) be drunken , also be full , سَكَرَ ( sakara ) fill; Assyrian šikaru , = שֵׁכָר , šakkûru , drunken , perhaps also vb. šakâru; Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( sakra ) Aramaic שִׁכְרָא , ˜˜˜˜˜˜ (šakro) = שֵׁכָר , especially 5 ( Löw p. 125 ), cf. ˜˜˜˜ ( škar ) be drunken , usually (der. spec.) defile, deform , etc.; from שֵׁכָר , Egyptian ṯà-k- ï̥ra WMM As. u. Eur. 102 , Gk. σίκερα Lewy Fremdw. 81) ;— Qal Pf. 3 pl. שָֽׁכְרוּ Is 29: 9; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר Gn 9:2 1, 3 mpl. יִשְׁכָּר֑וּן Is 49:2 6, etc.; Imv. mpl. שִׁכְרוּ Je 25:27 Ct 5: 1; Inf. cstr. לְשָׁכְרָה Hg 1: 6; Pt. pass. שְׁכֻרַת Is 51:21 ( Ges § 130 b Lag BN 60);— become drunken Gn 9:21 ( J ), of social drinking 43:34 ( J ), Ct 5:1 , token of plenty Hg 1:6 ; fig. of nations staggering helplessly under calamity Je 25:27 , 51:21 ( וְלֹא מִיָּ֑יִן ), Na 3:11 ; of infatuation Is 29:9 ( וְלֹא יַיִן ), of disgrace La 4:21 , self- destruction, כֶּעָסִיס דָּמָם יִשׁ׳ Is 49:2 6. Pi. make drunken: Impf. 3 ms. sf. וַיְשַׁכְּרֵהוּ 2 S 11:1 3, lit.; fig. 1 s. ( sf. of people) וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵם (read וָ׳ ) Is 63:6 (subj. י׳ ) I made them drunk in my wrath (but MSS Ges Hi Ew Che Kit Marti al. וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵם I brake them in pieces ); Pt. fs ., of Bab. , מְשַׁכֶּרֶת כָּל־הָאָרֶץ Je 51:7 ; cf. Inf. abs. שַׁכֵּר Hb 2:15 (i. e. terrorizing nations; read prob. הַשְׁקֵה וְאַף שׁ׳ We No w). Hiph. id. : Pf. 1 s. וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּ֫י Je 51:57 (subj. י׳ ) i.e. make princes helpless, וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים v 3 9; Imv. mpl. sf. הַשְׁכִּירֻהוּ , obj. Moab, i. e. make helpless and disgraced 48:26 ; Impf. 1 s. אַשְׁכִּיר חִצַּי מִדָּם Dt 32:4 2.—Ruben JQ
xi (1899), 446 proposes מַשְׁכִּירוֹת Ho 7:5 for משׁך ידו את . Hithp. Impf. 2 fs.
תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִין 1 S 1:14 how long wilt thou make thyself drunken [a drunken spectacle]?
Löw J. Löw, Aramäische Pflanzennamen . Lewy H. Lewy, Semitische Fremdwörter im Griechischen . Marti K. Marti.
Bab. Babylonian.
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