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מַשְׁקֶה

mashqeh

mash-keh'

properly, causing to drink, i.e. a butler

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, causing to drink, i.e. a butler; by implication (intransitively), drink (itself); figuratively, a well-watered region

Rendered in the KJV as

butler(-ship), cupbearer, drink(-ing), fat pasture, watered.

  • 19
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 7 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 16
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 19 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 16

  • הַמַּשְׁקִ֔ים2
  • הַמַּשְׁקִ֛ים2
  • מַשְׁקֵ֨ה2
  • הַמַּשְׁקֶ֣ה1
  • הַמַּשְׁקִ֗ים1
  • הַמַּשְׁקִ֖ים1
  • וּמַשְׁקֶ֥ה1
  • וּמַשְׁקָ֔יו1
  • וּמַשְׁקָיו֙1
  • מִמַּשְׁקֵ֣ה1
  • מַשְׁקֵ֥ה1
  • מַשְׁקֶ֑ה1

and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 12

  • the cup bearers6
  • [the] drink of2
  • and cup-bearers his2
  • [the] cup bearer of1
  • [was] well-watered1
  • and drink1
  • cup bearer1
  • cup bearer his1
  • cup bearing his1
  • drink1
  • from [the] well-watered land of1
  • the cup bearer1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 8

  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural6
  • noun · masculine singular3
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HTd/Vhrmpa · 6
  • HNcmsa · 3
  • HNcmsc · 3
  • HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms · 2
  • HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 2
  • HC/Ncmsa · 1
  • HR/Ncmsc · 1
  • HTd/Vhrmsa · 1

All 19, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis11 occurrences
Leviticus1 occurrence
1 Kings2 occurrences
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
Nehemiah1 occurrence
Isaiah1 occurrence
Ezekiel1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).