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title: מַשְׁקֶה — butler · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַשְׁקֶה (4945), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: butler. BDB 1906: n.m. butler, cup-bearer Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַשְׁקֶה

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«מַשְׁקֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **butler** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 4945 · **BDB:** מַשְׁקֶה²

### Glosses

the.cup.bearers (6); bearer (2); cup-bearers (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

butler [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4945/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. butler, cup-bearer Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4945/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. butler, cup-bearer (proposes Pt. Hiph. = one giving drink);—abs. מ׳ Gn 40:5 (E), Ne 1:11, cstr. מַשְׁקֵה Gn 40:1, sf. מַשְׁקֵ֫הוּ v 13, pl. מַשְׁקִים v 2, 9, 20, 21, 23; 41:9 (all E); sf. מַשְׁקָיו 1 K 10:5 = 2 Ch 9:4 (\> ii. מ׳).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַשְׁקֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4945/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 40:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.40.23/)

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וְלֹֽא־זָכַ֧ר שַֽׂר־הַמַּשְׁקִ֛ים אֶת־יוֹסֵ֖ף וַיִּשְׁכָּחֵֽהוּ׃פ

*Word for word:* and not he.remembered the.chief of the.cup.bearers (et) Joseph and he forgot.him

*JPS 1917:* Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him.

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[Genesis 40:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.40.2/)

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וַיִּקְצֹ֣ף פַּרְעֹ֔ה עַ֖ל שְׁנֵ֣י סָרִיסָ֑יו עַ֚ל שַׂ֣ר הַמַּשְׁקִ֔ים וְעַ֖ל שַׂ֥ר הָאוֹפִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.was.angry Pharaoh towards two his.officials his towards the.chief of the.cup.bearers and towards the.chief of the.bakers

*JPS 1917:* And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

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