mash.qeh denotes irrigation, drink, and, in construct phrases, vessels associated with drinking.

The occurrences show mash.qeh in irrigation language for a well-watered region and for Israel’s irrigation, in statements about drink for the thirsty or drink in a vessel, and in construct phrases describing Solomon’s vessels.

1. Irrigated land or irrigation · common

   In Genesis 13:10, the singular absolute form occurs in Lot’s view of the Jordan plain; the APB renders the plain as “all irrigation.” In Ezekiel 45:15, the singular construct form occurs in the provision of one sheep “out of the two hundred from the irrigation of Israel,” connecting the term with the source named for the offering.

   Genesis 13:10Ezekiel 45:15
2. Drink for consumption · common

   The singular absolute form appears in Isaiah 32:6 within the charge that the thirsty are deprived of “drink.” In Leviticus 11:34, it occurs in the clause concerning “any drink that may be drunk in any vessel.”

   Isaiah 32:6Leviticus 11:34
3. Vessels associated with drinking · common

   In 1 Kings 10:21, the singular construct form occurs in the description of Solomon’s gold vessels. The parallel wording in 2 Chronicles 9:20 has the same construct form, and the APB renders the clause “All the drinking vessels of King Solomon were gold.”

   1 Kings 10:212 Chronicles 9:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB renders the irrigation contexts with “irrigation,” the consumption contexts with “drink,” and 2 Chronicles 9:20 with “drinking vessels”; 1 Kings 10:21 more generally says “vessels.” These renderings confirm the clauses’ settings rather than assign a fixed English equivalent in every occurrence.