The meaning of “מַשְׁקֶה”
Understanding mashqeh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
butler(-ship), cupbearer, drink(-ing), fat pasture, watered. - properly, causing to drink, i.e. a butler - by implicatio...
מַשְׁקֶה
butler(-ship), cupbearer, drink(-ing), fat pasture, watered. - properly, causing to drink, i.e. a butler - by implication (intransitively), drink (itself) - figuratively, a well-watered region 1) irrigation, drink 1a) irrigation 1b) drink, drinking vessels 1c) butlership (office of butler) 2) butler, cup-bearer
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 40:21 | “And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:” Word: מַשְׁקֶה (mashqeh) | |
| Leviticus 11:34 | “Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.” Word: מַשְׁקֶה (mashqeh) | |
| 1 Kings 10:21 | “And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.” Word: מַשְׁקֶה (mashqeh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 9:20 | “And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.” Word: מַשְׁקֶה (mashqeh) | |
| Isaiah 32:6 | “For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.” Word: מַשְׁקֶה (mashqeh) |
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