H4945A

מַשְׁקֶה

mash.qehH:N-M

cupbearer

butler, cup-bearer

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. מַשְׁקֶה noun masculine butler, cup-bearer (properly Participle Hiph`il = one giving drink); — absolute ׳מ Gen 40:5 (E), Neh 1:11, construct מַשְׁקֵה Gen 40:1, suffix מַשְׁקֵ֫הוּ vGen 40:13, plural מַשְׁקִים vGen 40:2 vGen 40:9 vGen 40:20 vGen 40:21 vGen 40:23; Gen 41:9 (all E); suffix מַשְׁקָיו 1Kgs 10:5 = 2Chr 9:4 ( > II. ׳מ).

II. מַשְׁקֶה noun masculine^{Lev 11:34} irrigation, drink; — absolute ׳מ Gen 13:10; Lev 11:34, construct מַשְׁקֵה 1Kgs 10:21 + 3 t.; suffix מַשְׁקֵ֫הוּ Gen 40:21 —

1. irrigation Gen 13:10 (J; abstract for concrete, =) well-irrigated, of land; Ezek 45:15 (< ᵐ5 Co Siegf Berthol Toy Krae מִשְׁפְּחוֺת; Gr מִקְנֵה).

2. drink Isa 32:6; Lev 11:34 ׳כְּלֵי מ drinking-vessels 1Kgs 10:21 = 2Chr 9:20.

3. = office of butler, butlership Gen 40:21(E).

12 occurrences

Genesis (9), I Kings (1), II Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1)