שתה

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ת־ה‎ (š-t-h)

Compare Aramaic אִשְׁתִּי‎ (ʾištī), Ge'ez ሰትየ (sätyä).

שָׁתָה • (shatá) (pa'al construction, infinitive לִשְׁתּוֹת‎, future יִשְׁתֶּה‎)

to drink
- Genesis 9:21, with translation of the King James Version:
  ‏וַיֵּשְׁתְּ מִן־הַ יַּיִן וַיִּשְׁכָּר וַיִּתְגַּל בְּתוֹךְ אָהֳלֹה׃‎‎
  And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Berachot 6:8:
  ‏הַשּׁוֹתֶה מַיִם לִ צְמָאוֹ אוֹמֵר שֶׁ הַ כֹּל נִהְיָה בִּ דְבָרוֹ.‎‎
  One who is drinking water for his thirst says, “by whose word everything came to be.”
- 922, Saʿadia Gaʾon, איגרת אל תלמידים במצרים בעניין הלוח
  ‏וּ בַל יֹאכְלוּן וְיִשׁתּוּן וְ יַעֲשׂוּן מְלָאכָה בְּ יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים.‎‎
  And let them not eat and drink and do work on Yom Kippur.
- 2014 May 19, “כמעט שהתרגלתי (kim'at shehitragalti, “[It's] that I've almost got used to [something]”)”, performed by Rotem Cohen:
  
  ‏כמעט ש התרגלתי לשתות קפה לבד.‎‎
  kim'át shehitragálti lishtót kafé l'vád.
  [It's] almost that I've got used to drinking coffee alone.
(slang) to drink alcohol
‏אם שותים, לא נוהגים.‎‎
If you drink, do not drive
(literally) "if drinking–m pl, not driving–m pl.

Conjugation of שָׁתָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לִשְׁתּוֹת‎ action noun: שְׁתִיָּה‎ passive participle: שָׁתוּי‎
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	שָׁתִיתִי‎		שָׁתִינוּ‎
	second	שָׁתִיתָ‎	שָׁתִית‎	שְׁתִיתֶם‎¹	שְׁתִיתֶן‎¹
	third	שָׁתָה	שָׁתְתָה‎	שָׁתוּ‎
present		שׁוֹתֶה‎	שׁוֹתָה‎	שׁוֹתִים‎	שׁוֹתוֹת‎
future	first	אֶשְׁתֶּה‎		נִשְׁתֶּה‎
	second	תִּשְׁתֶּה‎	תִּשְׁתִּי‎	תִּשְׁתּוּ‎	תִּשְׁתֶּינָה‎²
	third	יִשְׁתֶּה‎	תִּשְׁתֶּה‎	יִשְׁתּוּ‎	תִּשְׁתֶּינָה‎²
imperative		שְׁתֵה	שְׁתִי‎	שְׁתוּ‎	שְׁתֶינָה‎²
notes		Pronounced שָׁתִיתֶם‎ and שָׁתִיתֶן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.