Jeremiah 18:15:1Jer.18.15.W1TAB
כִּֽי־שְׁכֵחֻ֥נִי
kishekhekhuni
“for they have forgotten me”
- Transliteration
- ki-she-KHE-khu-ni
- Extended
- kih-sheh-KHEH-khuh-nee
- IPA
- /kiː-ʃəxeˈħuːniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for they have forgotten me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| 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
ki-she-KHE-khu-ni
- phraseyour reading level
ki-she-KHE-khu-ni a-MI
- clause
ki-she-KHE-khu-ni a-MI la-SHAV ye-kat-TE-ru
- sentence
ki-she-KHE-khu-ni a-MI la-SHAV ye-kat-TE-ru va-yakh-shi-LUM be-dar-KHE-hem she-vi-LE o-LAM la-LE-khet ne-ti-VOT DE-rekh LO se-lu-LA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the causal conjunction ki {כִּי־ | ki}, linking it to the preceding context.
The perfect verb shekhechuni {שְׁכֵחֻנִי | šə-ke-ḥu-nî} functions as a stative perfect with a first-person object suffix, underscoring relational abandonment.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–kaf–chet
“to forget”
In context — Jeremiah 18:15
Because My people have forgotten Me , they burn incense to emptiness and have caused them to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths—to walk in byways on a road not built up.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 18:15, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־שְׁכֵחֻ֥נִי (kishekhekhuni) 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 Jer.18.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.15.W1.S1) and character.