שְׁתָה
Biblical Aramaic
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
drink tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
שְׁתָה: vb. drink tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. drink (𝔗 שְׁתָא, אִשְׁתִּי, Syriac ܐܶܫܬܻܝ; v. BH ׃שָׁתָה);— Pf. 3 mpl. אִשְׁתִּיו (K§ 11, 4, α)) Dn 5:3, 4; Impf. 3 mpl. יִשְׁתּוֹן v 2; Pt. act. שָׁתֵה v 1, pl. שָׁתַ֫יִן v 23;—drink, acc. wine Dn 5:1, 4, + ב of vessel v 23 and (acc. om.) v 2, 3.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they drank (2); [are] drinking (1); [he was] drinking (1).
In the verses
בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א עֲבַד֙ לְחֶ֣ם רַ֔ב לְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי אֲלַ֑ף וְלָקֳבֵ֥ל אַלְפָּ֖א חַמְרָ֥א שָׁתֵֽה׃
Word for word: Belshazzar the king he.made a.feast great for nobles his a.thousand and (to) before the thousand (the) wine [he.was].drinking
JPS 1917: Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
אִשְׁתִּ֖יו חַמְרָ֑א וְ֠שַׁבַּחוּ לֵֽאלָהֵ֞י דַּהֲבָ֧א וְכַסְפָּ֛א נְחָשָׁ֥א פַרְזְלָ֖א אָעָ֥א וְאַבְנָֽא׃
Word for word: they.drank the wine and they.praised (et).the gods of.(the) gold and (the) silver (the) bronze (the) iron (the) wood and (the) stone
JPS 1917: They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
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