Word Study · Strong's H4945 · Hebrew
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.
- 19occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected 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
- Genesis11 of 19 · 58%
- 1 Kings2 of 19 · 11%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 19 · 11%
- Leviticus1 of 19 · 5%
- Nehemiah1 of 19 · 5%
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis11 occurrences
- Genesis 13:10מַשְׁקֶ֑הmashkehnoun · masculine singularAnd Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)here: [was] well-watered
- Genesis 40:1מַשְׁקֵ֥הmashkehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.here: [the] cup bearer of
- Genesis 40:2הַמַּשְׁקִ֔יםhamashkimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralPharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,here: the cup bearers
- Genesis 40:5הַמַּשְׁקֶ֣הhamashkehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularboth of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.here: the cup bearer
- Genesis 40:9הַמַּשְׁקִ֛יםhamashkimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralSo the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,here: the cup bearers
- Genesis 40:13מַשְׁקֵֽהוּ׃mashkehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWithin three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.here: cup bearer his
- Genesis 40:20הַמַּשְׁקִ֗יםhamashkimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralOn the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.here: the cup bearers
- Genesis 40:21הַמַּשְׁקִ֖יםhamashkimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralPharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.here: the cup bearers
- Genesis 40:21מַשְׁקֵ֑הוּmashkehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularPharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.here: cup bearing his
- Genesis 40:23הַמַּשְׁקִ֛יםhamashkimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThe chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.here: the cup bearers
- Genesis 41:9הַמַּשְׁקִ֔יםhamashkimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThen the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.here: the cup bearers
Leviticus1 occurrence
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 10:5וּמַשְׁקָ֔יוumashkavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularthe food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.here: and cup-bearers his
- 1 Kings 10:21מַשְׁקֵ֨הmashkehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.here: [the] drink of
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 9:4וּמַשְׁקָיו֙umashkavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularthe food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.here: and cup-bearers his
- 2 Chronicles 9:20מַשְׁקֵ֨הmashkehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.here: [the] drink of
