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Ezra 6:2
“And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שְׁכַחshᵉkach · shek-akh'
H7912 · Aramaic
H7912 · Aramaic
- Definition
- to discover (literally or figuratively)
- Derivation
- (Aramaic) corresponding to H7911 (שָׁכַח) through the idea of disclosure of a covered or forgotten thing;
- KJV renderings
- find.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח — verb Hithpeel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 18 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 4:15Ezra 4:19Ezra 7:16Daniel 2:25Daniel 2:35
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שְׁכַח here.
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.