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title: שָׁכֵחַ — forgetting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁכֵחַ (7913), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: forgetting. BDB 1906: adj. forgetting, forgetful. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁכֵחַ

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«שָׁכֵחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **forgetting** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 7913 · **BDB:** שָׁכֵחַ

### Glosses

forgetful (1); forgetting (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

forgetting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7913/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. forgetting, forgetful [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7913/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. forgetting, forgetful;—pl. הַשְּׁכֵחִים אֶת־הַר ק׳ Is 65:11 they who forget the mt. of my holiness (‖ עֹזְבֵי י׳); cstr. שְׁכֵחֵי א׳ ψ 9:18 all nations forgetful of God (cf. שֹׁכְחֵי pt., Jb 8:13 ψ 50:22).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 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 «שָׁכֵחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7913/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 9:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.9.18/)

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יָשׁ֣וּבוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים לִשְׁא֑וֹלָה כָּל־גּ֝וֹיִ֗ם שְׁכֵחֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים׃

*Word for word:* they.will.return wicked.\[people\] to Saul Sheol all \[the\].nations forgetful of.God

*JPS 1917:* The wicked shall return to the nether-world, even all the nations that forget God.

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[Isaiah 65:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.65.11/)

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וְאַתֶּם֙ עֹזְבֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה הַשְּׁכֵחִ֖ים אֶת־הַ֣ר קָדְשִׁ֑י הַֽעֹרְכִ֤ים לַגַּד֙ שֻׁלְחָ֔ן וְהַֽמְמַלְאִ֖ים לַמְנִ֥י מִמְסָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and you \[who\].forsake (of).Yahweh (the) forgetting (et) the.mountain my.holiness my \[who\] arrange for (the) Gad a.table and \[who\] fill for (the) Meni mixed.wine

*JPS 1917:* But ye that forsake the LORD, that forget My holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune, and that offer mingled wine in full measure unto Destiny,

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