מַשְׁקֶהmashqeh
מַשְׁקֶה: butler, cup-bearer, properly Participle
Pronunciation: mash-keh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4945
Meanings
Hiph`il: = one giving drink (Genesis 40:5; Nehemiah 1:11; Genesis 40:1)
מַשְׁקֶה: irrigation, drink
1. irrigation (Genesis 13:10; Ezekiel 45:15)
2. drink (Isaiah 32:6; Leviticus 11:34; 1 Kings 10:21)
3. butlership, = office of butler (Genesis 40:21)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 13:10 Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
- Genesis 40:1 Some time later, Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended their royal master.
- Genesis 40:2 Pharaoh became angry with these two officials,
- Genesis 40:5 While they were in prison, Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning.
- Genesis 40:9 So the chief cup-bearer told Joseph his dream first. “In my dream,” he said, “I saw a grapevine in front of me.
- Genesis 40:13 Within three days Pharaoh will lift you up and restore you to your position as his chief cup-bearer.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).