שָׂחַט

sachat · squeeze

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7818 · appears 1 time in the Bible

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What it means

sachat (שָׂחַט) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “squeeze”.

Out (grapes). It occurs only in Genesis 40:11.

How to say it

sa·chat

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To squeeze grapes to get their juice.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

  • Genesis 40:11

    Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I put the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”