שכח

See also: ש־כ־ח

Aramaic

Verb

שכח • (transliteration needed)

  1. to find
  2. to be capable

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־כ־ח (sh-k-kh)
2 terms

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃaˈχaχ/
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Verb

שָׁכַח • (shakhákh) (pa'al construction, future יִשְׁכַּח, passive participle שָׁכוּחַ, passive counterpart נִשְׁכַּח)

  1. to forget
    • Tanach, Psalms 137:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אִם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלָ‍ִם תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִי׃
      im 'eshkakhékh y'rushaláyim, tishkákh y'miní.
      If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
    • מאור כהן, לילה עיר
      ובלילה עיר נותנת עוד סיבה לשכוח מי אתה
      And in the night the city gives another reason to forget who you are
    אֲנִי חוֹשֵׁב שֶׁשָׁכַחְתָּ מַשֶּׁהוּ.
    аní khoshév she'shakhákhta máshehu.
    I think that you forgot something.
    כְּשֶׁאַתָּה הוֹלֵךְ לַחֲנוּת, אַל תִּשְׁכַּח שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ צְרִיכִים קֶמַח וּבֵיצִים.
    k'she'atá holékh lakhanút, al tishkákh she'anákhnu ts'rikhím kémakh uvetsím.
    When you go to the store, don't forget that we need flour and eggs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of שָׁכַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לשכוח / לִשְׁכֹּחַ
action noun —
passive participle שָׁכוּחַ
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first שָׁכַחְתִּי שָׁכַחְנוּ
second שָׁכַחְתָּ שָׁכַחְתְּ שְׁכַחְתֶּם1 שְׁכַחְתֶּן1
third שָׁכַח שָׁכְחָה שָׁכְחוּ
present שׁוֹכֵחַ שׁוֹכַחַת שׁוֹכְחִים שׁוֹכְחוֹת
future first אֶשְׁכַּח נִשְׁכַּח
second תִּשְׁכַּח תִּשְׁכְּחִי תִּשְׁכְּחוּ תִּשְׁכַּחְנָה2
third יִשְׁכַּח תִּשְׁכַּח יִשְׁכְּחוּ תִּשְׁכַּחְנָה2
imperative שְׁכַח שִׁכְחִי שִׁכְחוּ שְׁכַחְנָה2

1 Pronounced שָׁכַחְתֶּם and שָׁכַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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