Ecclesiastes 2:16:11Eccl.2.16.W11TAB
נִשְׁכָּ֔ח
nishkhakh
“is forgotten”
- Transliteration
- nish-KHAKH
- Extended
- nihsh-KHAAKH
- IPA
- /niʃˈkaːħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- is forgotten
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nish-KHAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ha-KOL nish-KHAKH
- clause
be-she-KHVAR ha-ya-MIM ha-ba-IM ha-KOL nish-KHAKH ve-EKH ya-MUT he-kha-KHAM im-ha-ke-SIL
- sentence
KI EN zik-RON le-kha-KHAM im-ha-ke-SIL le-o-LAM be-she-KHVAR ha-ya-MIM ha-ba-IM ha-KOL nish-KHAKH ve-EKH ya-MUT he-kha-KHAM im-ha-ke-SIL
Exegesis
The Niphal participle nishkach {נִשְׁכָּ֔ח | niš-ka-ḥaḥ} ‘is forgotten’ conveys universal forgetting.
In context — Ecclesiastes 2:16
For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool forever; for in the days to come all is forgotten. And how will the wise man die? Like the fool.
About this coordinate
Ecclesiastes 2:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ecclesiastes 2:16, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁכָּ֔ח (nishkhakh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Eccl.2.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Eccl.2.16.W11.S1) and character.