מַשְׁקֶה
mašqeh
irrigation
Strong's H4945NounHebrewTWOT 2452c

מַשְׁקֶה (mašqeh) is a Hebrew noun meaning irrigation. It appears 19 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4945).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2452c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2452c)irrigation, drink; drinking-vessels; butlership; butler, cup-bearer; causing to drink, well-watered; cupbearer, drinking, fat pasture, watered
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מַשְׁקֶה noun, masculine: irrigation, drink

מַשְׁקֶה noun, masculine: butler, cup-bearer

Strong's H4945 מַשְׁקֶה: properly, causing to drink, i.e. a butler; by implication (intransitively), drink (itself); figuratively, a well-watered region
KJV:butler(-ship), cupbearer, drink(-ing), fat pasture, watered.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2452: שָׁקָה šāqâ — cause to drink water, give to drink; water, irrigate, give drink to; quaff, furnish a potion to; cause to drink, drown, moisten

See it in Scripture

Genesis 13:10Leviticus 11:341 Kings 10:5

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