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# שֵׁכָר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7941

**intoxicating drink** — used 23 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

intoxicating drink [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7941/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֵׁכָר: intoxicating drink, strong drink [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7941/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] intoxicating drink, strong drink (BaNB § 71);—always שׁ׳ abs.; usually ‖ יַיִן (except ψ 69:13): Is 29:9; usually condemned, Is 5:11, 22; 28:7(×3); 56:12 (נִסְבְּאָה שׁ׳), Mi 2:11; 1 S 1:15; Pr 20:1; forbidden to priests on duty Lv 10:9 (P); not for princes Pr 31:4; nor Nazirite Nu 6:3; Ju 13:4, 7, 14, cf. חֹמֶץ שׁ׳ Nu 6:3; שׁוֹתֵי שׁ׳ ψ 69:13 drunkards; but שׁ׳ as common drink Dt 29:5 (opp. to miraculous), allowable in sacrif. meal 14:26, commended for weak and weary Pr 31:6; נֶסֶךְ שׁ׳ Nu 28:7 (P; for יַיִן v 14 +); v. further KennedyEncy. Bib. iv. 5309 f..—On form cf. LagM ii. 357;BN 51.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: strong drink (15); drink (5); of strong drink (3).

## In the verses

[Psalms 69:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.13/#tree)

יָשִׂ֣יחוּ בִ֭י יֹ֣שְׁבֵי שָׁ֑עַר וּ֝נְגִינ֗וֹת שׁוֹתֵ֥י שֵׁכָֽר׃

*Word for word:* they.speak in me \[those.who\].sit of.\[the\].gate and taunt.songs of.drinkers of.strong.drink

*JPS 1917:* They that sit in the gate talk of me; and I am the song of the drunkards.

[Proverbs 31:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.6/#tree)

תְּנוּ־שֵׁכָ֣ר לְאוֹבֵ֑ד וְ֝יַיִן לְמָ֣רֵי נָֽפֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* give strong.drink to \[one.who.is\].perishing and wine to.\[people\] bitter of.soul

*JPS 1917:* Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter in soul;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7941.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7941/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).