STRONGS NUMBER H7911


Word Summary
shakach: to forget
Original Word: שָׁכַח
Transliteration: shakach
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kakh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to forget
Meaning: to mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention
Strong's Concordance
cause to forget

Or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. To be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention -- X at all, (cause to) forget.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7911. shakach

שָׁכַח102 verb forget (Late Hebrew id.; Ecclus 45:26c and (Pi`el) Ecclesiasticus 11:25 (twice in verse); Aramaic שְׁכַךְ‎ is find); —

Qal86 Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁPsalm 9:13 +, suffix שְׁכֵחָ֑נִיIsaiah 49:14; 2feminine singular שָׁכַחְתְּJeremiah 13:25; 1plural suffix שְׁכַחֲנוּךָPsalm 44:18, etc.; Imperfect יִשְׁכַּחDeuteronomy 4:31 +, etc.; Imperative feminine singular שִׁכְּחִיPsalm 45:11; Infinitive absolute שָׁכֹךְַ‎; Participle plural construct שֹׁכְחֵיJob 8:13; Psalm 50:22; — forget: 1 subject man,

a. accusative of thing Genesis 27:45 (E), Deuteronomy 4:9; 9:7 (opposed to זָכַר‎) +, = forget and leave, ב‎ of location, 24:19; with object clause with כִּיJob 39:15; with מִן‎ infinitive Psalm 102:5.

b. with accusative of person, involving forgetting to mention, Genesis 40:23 (E; opposed to זכר‎), ceasing to care for Jeremiah 30:14 (figurative), Isaiah 49:15 (twice in verse) (accusative omitted), 49:15; Job 19:14; Psalm 45:11; with accusative Jerusalem 137:5a; רֶחֶם יִשְׁכָּחֵהוּJob 24:20; absolute Psalm 137:5b יְמִינִי ׃תִּשְׁכַּח‎ AE Ki supply הַמַּעֲשֶׂה‎ or הַנִּגּוּן‎ (whence AV her cunning), but forced: תִּשָּׁכַח ᵐ5‎; read probably (Gr Bu and others) תִּכְחַשׁlet it grow lean (109:24, compare Zechariah 11:17), or (Che) תְּכַחַשׁlet it disappoint (me), fail (Habakkuk 3:17).

c. especially with accusative ׳י‎ (God), Hosea 2:15; 8:14; 13:6; Judges 3:7; 1 Samuel 12:9; Isaiah 17:10; Deuteronomy 8:19 (תִּשׁ ׳שָׁכֹחַ‎) + 16 t. (5 t. Deuteronomy, 4 t. Jeremiah), + Psalm 59:12 (accusative omitted); also accusative of divine name Jeremiah 23:27 (בַּבַּעַל‎), Psalm 44:21; commands of ׳יHosea 4:6; Deuteronomy 26:13 (accusative omitted) Psalm 119:16 7t. Psalm 119, his doings and ways, 119:139; 78:7; 78:11; 103:2; 106:13, his covenant Deuteronomy 4:23, 31; 2 Kings 17:38; Proverbs 2:17; law of wisdom 3:1, that is accusative בִּינָה4:6.

2 subject ׳י‎ (God):

a. accusative of person Hosea 4:6; 1 Samuel 1:11 (opposed to זָכַר‎), Lamentations 5:20; Isaiah 49:14 ("" עָזַב‎), Psalm 10:12; 13:2; 42:10.

b. accusative of sins Amos 8:7; Psalm 10:11 (accusative omitted), cry 9:13 (opposed to זָכַר‎), compare, of distress, 44:25.

c. voice of foes Psalm 74:23.

d. followed by infinitive Psalm 77:10.

Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִשְׁכַּחEcclesiastes 9:5, etc.; Imperfect יִשָּׁכַחPsalm 9:19, 3feminine singular תִּשָּׁכֵחַJeremiah 20:11, etc.; Participle feminine singular נִשְׁכָּחָהIsaiah 23:16, נִשְׁכַּחַת23:15, plural חִים נִשְׁכָּJob 28:4; — be forgotten: subject of thing Genesis 41:30 (E), Deuteronomy 31:21; Jeremiah 20:11; 23:40; 50:5; Isaiah 65:11; subject person Psalm 9:19; 31:13; Ecclesiastes 2:16, Tyre Isaiah 23:15-16, (under figure of harlot), subject זִכְרָםEcclesiastes 9:5; ׳הַנִּשׁ רָ֑גֶל מִנִּיJob 28:4.

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular י ׳שִׁכַּח ׳וגוLamentations 2:6 ׳יhath caused to forget (be forgotten) in Zion assembly and sabbath.

Hiph`il Infinitive לְהַשְׁכִּיחַJeremiah 23:27 to make my people forget my name (2 accusative).

Hithpa`el Ipmf.3masculine plural יִשְׁתַּכְּחוּEcclesiastes 8:10 they were forgotten in the city.