I. [שָׁכַר] verb be, or beocme, drunk, drunken (Late Hebrew id., derived species and derivatives; Praed 40,18; Praed 40,20 שכר strong drink; Arabic be drunken, also be full, fill; Assyrian šikaru; = שֵׁכָר, šikaru, drunken, perhaps also verb šakâru; Ethiopic : Aramaic שִׁכְרָא, = שְׁכָר, especially date-wine (Löw p. 125), compare be drunken, usually (derived species) defile, deform, etc.; from שֵׁכָר, Egyptian t-av-k-±ra WMMAs.u.Eur.102, Greek σίκερα, LewyFremdw. 81); —
Qal Perfect 3 plural
שָֽׁכְרוּ Es 29,9 Imperfect 3 masculine singular
וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר1 Mos 9,21, 3 masculine plural
יִשְׁכָּר֑וּן Es 49,26, etc.;
Imperative masculine plural
שִׁכְרוּ Jer 25,27;
Hoj 5,1 Infinitive construct לְשָׁכְרָה Hag 1,6 Passive participle שְׁכֻרַתEs 51,21 (
Ges«GKC:130b»§ 130b LagBN 60); —
become drunken 1 Mos 9,21 (
J), of social drinking
1 Mos 43,34 (
J),
Hoj 5,1, token of plenty
Hag 1,6 figurative of nations staggering helplessly under calamity
Jer 25,27;
Jer 51,21(
וְלֹא מִיָּ֑יִן), of
Nah 3,11 of infatuation
Es 29,9 (
וְלֹא יַיִן), of disgrace
Klg 4,21, self-destruction,
׳כֶּעָסִיס דָּמָם יִשׁ Es 49,26.
Pi`el make drunken: Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix
וַיְשַׁכְּרֵהוּ 2 Sam 11,13, literal; figurative 1 singular (suffix of people)
וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵם (read
׳וָ)
Es 63,6 (subject
׳י)
I made them drunk in my wrath (but
MSS Ges Hi Ew Che Kit Marti and others
וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵם I brake them in pieces);
Participle feminine singular, of Babylonian,
מְשַׁכֶּרֶת בָּלהָֿרֶץ Jer 51,7 compare
Infinitive abs.
שַׁכֵּר Hab 2,15 (i. e. terrorizing nations; read probably
׳הַשְׁקֵה וְאַף שׁ We Now).
Hiph`il id.: Perfect 1 singular
וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּ֫י Jer 51,27 (subject
׳י) i.e. make princes helpless,
וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים v
Jer 51,39 Imperative masculine plural suffix
הַשְׁכִּירֻהוּ object Moab, i.e. make helpless and disgraced
Jer 48,26 Imperfect 1 singular
אַשְׁכִּיר חְצַּי מִדָּם 5 Mos 32,42. — Ruben
JQ xi (1889), 446 proposes
מַשְׁכִּירוֺת Hos 7,5 for
משׁך ידו את.
Hithpa`el Imperfect 2 feminine singular
תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִין 1 Sam 1,14 how long
wilt thou make thyself drunken [a drunken spectacle] ?