Jeremiah 23:27:11Jer.23.27.W11TAB
שָׁכְח֧וּ
shakhekhu
“they forgot”
- Transliteration
- sha-khe-KHU
- Extended
- shaa-kheh-KHOO
- IPA
- /ʃaː.xəˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they forgot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
sha-khe-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER sha-khe-KHU a-vo-TAM
- clause
ka-a-SHER sha-khe-KHU a-vo-TAM et-she-MI ba-BA-al
- sentence
ha-kho-she-VIM le-hash-KHI-akh et-a-MI she-MI ba-kha-lo-mo-TAM a-SHER ye-sa-pe-RU ISH le-re-E-HU ka-a-SHER sha-khe-KHU a-vo-TAM et-she-MI ba-BA-al
Exegesis
The adverbial ka’asher shakhechu avotam {כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁכְח֧וּ אֲבוֹתָ֛ם | ka-ʾă-šer šā-ḵə-ḥû ʾă-ḇō-ṯām} ‘just as their fathers forgot’ creates a parallel with ancestral apostasy. The Hebrew verb-driven focus and parallel structure are preserved in English by maintaining the causative action and the historical comparison.
Root and etymology
š-k-ḥ
“to forget”
In context — Jeremiah 23:27
Those who plot to cause My people to forget My name through their dreams , which they tell one another, just as their fathers forgot My name for Baal.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:27:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 23:27, so the Hebrew word שָׁכְח֧וּ (shakhekhu) 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.23.27.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.27.W11.S1) and character.