Original Language Studio
Isaiah 49:15
“Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁכַחshâkach · shaw-kakh'
H7911 · Hebrew
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
- הֲ — particle (interrogative)
- תִשְׁכַּ֤ח — verb Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 102 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 27:45Genesis 40:23Genesis 41:30Deuteronomy 4:9Deuteronomy 4:23
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 שָׁכַח 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.