Hosea 13:6:7Hos.13.6.W7TAB
שְׁכֵח֥וּנִי׃
shekhekhuni
“they forgot me”
- Transliteration
- she-khe-KHU-NI
- Extended
- sheh-kheh-KHOO-nee
- IPA
- /ʃəχeːˈħuːniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they forgot me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
she-khe-KHU-NI
- clause
al-KEN she-khe-KHU-NI
- sentence
ke-mar-i-TAM va-yis-be-U sa-VU va-yig-ga-A-RAM li-BAM al-KEN she-khe-KHU-NI
Exegesis
The causal preposition al-ken {עַל־כֵּן | ʿal-kēn} ‘therefore’ introduces the outcome, completed by the Qal perfect verb shekhechuni {שְׁכֵחוּנִי | šə-khe-ḥū-nī} ‘they forgot Me’, marked by the first person suffix. This sequence preserves Hebrew narrative logic—abundance leads to pride, which results in forgetting Me—while the English past-tense rendering maintains chronological flow. The idiom “heart lifted up” is rendered passively in the formal version and as an active rising of pride in the dynamic.
Root and etymology
š-k-ḥ
“to forget”
In context — Hosea 13:6
As they fed on pasture , they were satisfied; they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot Me.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Hosea 13:6, so the Hebrew word שְׁכֵח֥וּנִי׃ (shekhekhuni) 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 Hos.13.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.6.W7.S1) and character.