שָׁתָה shâthâh — to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as × assuredly, banquet, × certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk, surely.
a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively).
shâthâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 62Infinitive construct 42Wayyiqtol 25Participle (active) 20Perfect (qatal) 19Imperative 16Sequential perfect (weqatal) 13Infinitive absolute 9Jussive 8Cohortative 2
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
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.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›