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1 Samuel 12:9

“And when they forgat the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁכַחshâkach · shaw-kakh'
H7911 · Hebrew
Definition
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
Derivation
or שָׁכֵחַ; a primitive root;
KJV renderings
[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.
Grammar
  • וַֽ — conjunction
  • יִּשְׁכְּח֖וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3mp
Usage
Occurs 102 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 27:45Genesis 40:23Genesis 41:30Deuteronomy 4:9Deuteronomy 4:23

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.