I. [שָׁכַר] verb be, or beocme, drunk, drunken (Late Hebrew id., derived species and derivatives; Ecclus 40:18; Ecclus 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 WMM^As.u.Eur.102, Greek σίκερα, Lewy^{Fremdw. 81}); —

Qal Perfect3plural שָֽׁכְרוּ Isaiah 29:9; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑רGenesis 9:21, 3 masculine plural יִשְׁכָּר֑וּן Isaiah 49:26, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שִׁכְרוּ Jeremiah 25:27; Songs 5:1; Infinitive construct לְשָׁכְרָה Haggai 1:6; Passive participle שְׁכֻרַתIsaiah 51:21 (Ges^{§ 130b} Lag^{BN 60}); — become drunken Genesis 9:21 (J), of social drinking Genesis 43:34 (J), Songs 5:1, token of plenty Haggai 1:6; figurative of nations staggering helplessly under calamity Jeremiah 25:27; Jeremiah 51:21(וְלֹא מִיָּ֑יִן), of Nahum 3:11; of infatuation Isaiah 29:9 (וְלֹא יַיִן), of disgrace Lamentations 4:21, self-destruction, ׳כֶּעָסִיס דָּמָם יִשׁ Isaiah 49:26.

Pi`el make drunken: Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וַיְשַׁכְּרֵהוּ 2 Samuel 11:13, literal; figurative 1singular (suffix of people) וַאֲשַׁכְּרֵם (read ׳וָ) Isaiah 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 Jeremiah 51:7; compare Infinitive abs. שַׁכֵּר Habakkuk 2:15 (i. e. terrorizing nations; read probably ׳הַשְׁקֵה וְאַף שׁ We Now).

Hiph`il id.: Perfect1singular וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּ֫י Jeremiah 51:27 (subject ׳י) i.e. make princes helpless, וְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים Jeremiah 51:39; Imperative masculine plural suffix הַשְׁכִּירֻהוּ object Moab, i.e. make helpless and disgraced Jeremiah 48:26; Imperfect1singular אַשְׁכִּיר חְצַּי מִדָּם Deuteronomy 32:42. — Ruben^{JQ xi (1889), 446} proposes מַשְׁכִּירוֺת Hosea 7:5 for משׁך ידו את.

Hithpa`el Imperfect2feminine singular תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִין 1 Samuel 1:14 how long wilt thou make thyself drunken [a drunken spectacle] ?

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