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title: שֵׁכָר — intoxicating drink · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׁכָר (7941), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: intoxicating drink. BDB 1906: intoxicating drink, strong drink. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁכָר

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«שֵׁכָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **intoxicating drink** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 7941 · **BDB:** שֵׁכָר

### Glosses

strong.drink (15); drink (5); of.strong.drink (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

intoxicating drink [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7941/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

intoxicating drink, strong drink [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7941/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] intoxicating drink, strong drink (BaNB § 71);—always שׁ׳ abs.; usually ‖ יַיִן (except ψ 69:13): Is 29:9; usually condemned, Is 5:11, 22; 28:7(×3); 56:12 (נִסְבְּאָה שׁ׳), Mi 2:11; 1 S 1:15; Pr 20:1; forbidden to priests on duty Lv 10:9 (P); not for princes Pr 31:4; nor Nazirite Nu 6:3; Ju 13:4, 7, 14, cf. חֹמֶץ שׁ׳ Nu 6:3; שׁוֹתֵי שׁ׳ ψ 69:13 drunkards; but שׁ׳ as common drink Dt 29:5 (opp. to miraculous), allowable in sacrif. meal 14:26, commended for weak and weary Pr 31:6; נֶסֶךְ שׁ׳ Nu 28:7 (P; for יַיִן v 14 +); v. further KennedyEncy. Bib. iv. 5309 f..—On form cf. LagM ii. 357;BN 51.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׁכָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7941/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 69:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.13/)

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יָשִׂ֣יחוּ בִ֭י יֹ֣שְׁבֵי שָׁ֑עַר וּ֝נְגִינ֗וֹת שׁוֹתֵ֥י שֵׁכָֽר׃

*Word for word:* they.speak in me \[those.who\].sit of.\[the\].gate and taunt.songs of.drinkers of.strong.drink

*JPS 1917:* They that sit in the gate talk of me; and I am the song of the drunkards.

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[Proverbs 31:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.6/)

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תְּנוּ־שֵׁכָ֣ר לְאוֹבֵ֑ד וְ֝יַיִן לְמָ֣רֵי נָֽפֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* give strong.drink to \[one.who.is\].perishing and wine to.\[people\] bitter of.soul

*JPS 1917:* Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter in soul;

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