Lexical Definition

‎שְׁכַח‎ shᵉkach (shek-akh') to find ^A:V
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎שָׁכַח‎ through the idea of disclosure of a covered or forgotten thing

find.

• to discover (literally or figuratively)

1) to find
1a) (Aphel) to find
1b) (Ithp'al) to be found

See Greek: εὑρίσκω · καταλαμβάνω · τηρέω

Extended Information

Aramaic of: שָׁכַח

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שְׁכַח‎] verb Haph`el (K<sup>§ 40, 4</sup> Nö<sup>GGA 1884, 1019</sup>) find (ᵑ7 ‎שְׁכַח‎ find, Syriac , Christian-Palestinian Aramaic Schulth<sup>Lex. 205</sup>; Egyptian Aramaic ‎השכח‎ S-C<sup>E 5, pass.</sup> ‎אשתכךְ‎ RŠS<sup>361A 2</sup>): — Perfect 1 singular ‎הַשְׁכַּ֫חַת‎ Dan 2:25 3 masculine plural ‎הַשְׁכַּ֫חוּ‎ Ezra 4:19; Dan 6:12* Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תְּהַשְׁכַּת‎ Ezra 4:15; Ezra 7:16 Infinitive ‎לְהַשְׁכָּחָה‎ Dan 6:5* (twice in verse); — find, accusative of thing, Dan 6:5* (‎ל‎ person), v.Dan 6:5* v.Dan 6:6* (‎ל‎ person), v.Dan 6:6* (‎עַל‎ person, accusative of thing omitted), Ezra 7:16 (‎ב‎ location); followed by clause ‎דִּי‎ Ezra 4:15 (‎ב‎ location), vEzra 4:19 accusative of person Dan 2:25 ‎ל‎ person Dan 6:12* ( + participle action.). Hithpe`el Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הִשְׁתְּכַח‎ Dan 2:35 +, 2 masculine singular ‎כַ֫חַתְּ‎- Dan 5:27, 3 feminine singular ‎כַ֫חַת‎- Dan 5:11 +; be found, subject thing, ‎ב‎ location, Ezra 6:2 ‎ב‎ person Dan 5:11; Dan 5:12; Dan 5:14; Dan 6:24* ‎עַל‎ person v.Dan 6:5* ‎ל‎ person + ‎קֳדָם‎ person v.Dan 6:23* ‎ל‎ of thing Dan 2:35 (see ‎אֲתַר‎); subject person Dan 5:27 + ‎חַסִּר‎ thou hast been found wanting (K^{§ 85, 3}). ‎שַׁכְלְלֵהּ‎ etc., see ‎כלל‎.

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