שָׁכַח
sha.khach (H7911)
to forget
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The Hebrew word שָׁכַח (sha.khach) is defined as "to forget." This verb appears 102 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the Hebrew language and its importance in various contexts. The meaning of שָׁכַח is straightforward, referring to the act of forgetting something or someone. However, its usage in the Bible reveals a broader range of implications. It can describe forgetting God's commands (Deuteronomy 4:23), forgetting one's past (Isaiah 43:18), or even forgetting one's own identity (Deuteronomy 32:18). This word highlights the importance of remembering and recalling significant events, people, and experiences in life. The frequency of שָׁכַח in the Bible underscores its significance in the Hebrew worldview. It serves as a reminder of the importance of memory, remembrance, and commemoration in Jewish culture and tradition. The concept of forgetting is not just a lack of recall but also a lack of connection to one's heritage, community, and spiritual identity.
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until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?”
Yet the chief cup bearer didn’t remember Joseph, but forgot him.
Seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,
Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children—
Be careful, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.
For Yahweh your God is a merciful God. He will not fail you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.
then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you today;
then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish.
Remember, and don’t forget, how you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against Yahweh.
When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget.
You shall say before Yahweh your God, “I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them.
It will happen, when many evils and troubles have come on them, that this song will testify before them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten out of the mouths of their descendants; for I know their ways and what they are doing today, before I have brought them into the land which I promised them.”
Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful, and have forgotten God who gave you birth.
The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and forgot Yahweh their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”
“But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.
You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods.
So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,
If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;’
for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.
My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.
The womb will forget him. The worm will feed sweetly on him. He will be no more remembered. Unrighteousness will be broken as a tree.
He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.
For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.
I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,
Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.
“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.
Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?”
that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,
My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
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