שָׁקָה
šāqâ
cause to drink water
Strong's H8248VerbHebrewTWOT 2452

שָׁקָה (šāqâ) is a Hebrew verb meaning cause to drink water. It appears 62 times in 21 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8248).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2452)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2452)cause to drink water, give to drink; water, irrigate, give drink to; quaff, furnish a potion to; cause to drink, drown, moisten
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁקָה verb: cause to drink water, give to drink

Strong's H8248 שָׁקָה: to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
KJV:cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937, H8354.

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.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 2:6Exodus 2:16Numbers 5:24

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