--- title: שָׁכַח — forget · The Tanakh dictionary description: שָׁכַח (7911), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 102 times: forget. BDB 1906: vb. Pi. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7911.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513-4.md)‎ / שָׁכַח‎ # שָׁכַח «שָׁכַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **forget** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 102 times · **Key:** 7911 · **BDB:** שָׁכַח ### Glosses forget (8); you.will.forget (7); I.have.forgotten (6) ### Meaning (OSHB) forget [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7911/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7911/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. forget (NH id.; Ecclus 45:26c and (Pi.) 11:25(×2); Aramaic שְׁכַח, ܫܟܰܚ is find);— Pf. 3 ms. שׁ׳ ψ 9:13 +, sf. שְׁכֵחָ֑נִי Is 49:14; 2 fs. שָׁכַחַתְּ Je 13:25; 1 pl. sf. שְׁכַחֲנוּךָ ψ 44:18, etc.; Impf. יִשְׁכַּח Dt 4:31 +, etc.; Imv. fs. שִׁכְחִי ψ 45:11; Inf. abs. שָׁכֹחַ; Pt. pl. cstr. שֹׁכְחֵי Jb 8:13 ψ 50:22;—forget: subj. man, acc. rei Gn 27:45 (E), Dt 4:9; 9:7 (opp. זָכַר) +, = forget and leave, ב loc., 24:19; c. obj. cl. c. כִּי Jb 39:15; c. מִן inf. ψ 102:5. c. acc. pers., involving forgetting to mention, Gn 40:23 (E; opp. זכר), ceasing to care for Je 30:14 (fig.), Is 49:15(×2) (acc. om.), v 15 Jb 19:14 ψ 45:11; c. acc. Jerusalem 137:5a; יִשְׁכָּחֵהוּ רֶחֶם Jb 24:20; abs. ψ 137:5b תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִי: AE Ki supply הַמַּעֲשֶׂה or הַנִּגּוּן (whence AV her cunning), but forced: 𝔊 תִּשָּׁכַח; read prob. (Gr Bu al.) תִּכְחַשׁ let it grow lean (109:24, cf. Zc 11:17), or (Che) תְּכַחֵשׁ let it disappoint (me), fail (Hb 3:17). especially c. acc. י׳ (God), Ho 2:15; 8:14; 13:6; Ju 3:7; 1 S 12:9; Is 17:10; Dt 8:19 (שָׁכֹהַ תִּשׁ׳) + 16 times (5 times Dt, 4 times Je), + ψ 59:12 (acc. om.); also acc. of divine name Je 23:27 (בַּבַּעַל), ψ 44:21; commands of י׳ Ho 4:6; Dt 26:13 (acc. om.) ψ 119:16 + 7 times ψ 119, his doings and ways, v 139; 78:7, 11; 103:2; 106:13, his covenant Dt 4:23, 31; 2 K 17:38; Pr 2:17; law of wisdom 3:1, sc. acc. בִּינָה 4:6. subj. י׳ (God): acc. pers. Ho 4:6 1 S 1:11 (opp. זָכַר), La 5:20; Is 49:14 (‖ עָזַב), ψ 10:12; 13:2; 42:10. acc. of sins Am 8:7 ψ 10:11 (acc. om.), cry ψ 9:13 (opp. זָכַר), cf., of distress, 44:25. voice of foes ψ 74:23. sq. inf. ψ 77:10. Pf. 3 ms. נִשְׁכַּה Ec 9:5, etc.; Impf. יִשָּׁכַח ψ 9:19, 3 fs. תִּשָּׁכֵחַ Je 20:11, etc.; Pt. fs. נִשְׁכָּחָה Is 23:16, נִשְׁכַּחַת v 15, pl. נִשְׁכָּחִים Jb 28:4;—be forgotten: subj. rei Gn 41:30 (E), Dt 31:21; Je 20:11; 23:40; 50:5; Is 65:11; subj. pers. ψ 9:19; 31:13; Ec 2:16, Tyre Is 23:15, 16 (under fig. of harlot), subj. זִכְרָם Ec 9:5; הַנִּשׁ׳ מִנִּי רָ֑גֶל Jb 28:4. Pf. 3 ms. שִׁכַּח י׳ וגו׳ La 2:6 י׳ hath caused to forget (be forgotten) in Zion assembly and sabbath. Inf. לְהַשְׁכִּיחַ Je 23:27 to make my people forget my name (2 acc.). Impf. 3 mpl. יִשְׁתַּכְּחוּ Ec 8:10 they were forgotten in the city. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 66 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «שָׁכַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7911/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 137:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.137.5/) אִֽם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח יְמִינִֽי׃ *Word for word:* if I will.forget.you O.Jerusalem may.it.forget hand my.right *JPS 1917:* If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. [Job 11:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.16/) כִּי־אַ֭תָּה עָמָ֣ל תִּשְׁכָּ֑ח כְּמַ֖יִם עָבְר֣וּ תִזְכֹּֽר׃ *Word for word:* (dm) you trouble you.will.forget like waters \[which\].they.have.passed.away you.will.remember.\[it\] *JPS 1917:* For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away; - ← previous: [שִׁכֹּור](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7910.md) - next →: [שָׁכֵחַ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7913.md) - ↑ back to [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513-4.md)