שְׁכַח

vb. (K§ 40, 4 NöGGA 1884, 1019) find (𝔗 שְׁכַח find, Syriac ܐܶܫܟܰܚ, Chr-Pal. ܫܟܚ SchulthLex. 205; Egyptian Aramaic השכח S-CE 5, pass. אשתכה RÉS 361 A 2):—Pf. 1 s. הַשְׁכַּ֫חַת Dn 2:25; 3 mpl. הַשְׁכַּ֫חוּ Ezr 4:19 Dn 6:12; Impf. 2 ms. תְּהַשְׁכַּח Ezr 4:15; 7:16; Inf. לְהַשְׁכָּחָה Dn 6:5x2;—find, acc. rei, 6:5 (ל pers.), v 5, 6 (ל pers.), v 6 (עַל pers., acc. rei om.), Ezr 7:16 (ב loc.); sq. cl. דִּי 4:15 (ב loc.), v 19; acc. pers. Dn 2:25; ל pers. 6:12 (+ pt. action.). Pf. 3 ms. הִשְׁתְּכַח Dn 2:35 +, 2 ms. -כַ֫חַתְּ 5:27, 3 fs. -כַ֫חַת 5:11 +;—be found, subj. rei, ב loc., Ezr 6:2; ב pers. Dn 5:11, 12, 14; 6:24; עַל pers. v 5; ל pers. + קֳדָם pers. v 23; ל rei 2:35 (v. אֲתַר); subj. pers. 5:27 + חַסִּר thou hast been found wanting (K§ 85, 3).

Af. אַשְׁכַּח (הַשְׁכַּח) (preced.) [to uncover,] to find. Targ. Ps. XXXVI, 3 למַשְׁכַּח (ed. Wil. למִ׳). Targ. Koh. I, 17 (ed. Vien. למִ׳). Ib. VIII, 17 (Pe interch. with Af.). Targ. Gen. II, 20. Ib. VIII, 9 (Y. some ed. הַשְׁ׳). Targ. O. ib. XLI, 38 הנַשְׁכַּח ed. Berl. (ed. Vien. a. oth. היִשְׁ׳, corr. acc.); Y. הנִשְׁ׳; a. fr.—Gitt. 56ᵇ ליקלויה … דלא לַשְׁכְּחֵיה וכ׳ burn this man (me, Titus), and scatter the ashes …, that the God of the Jews may not find him and place him before judgment. Y. Erub. I, 18ᵈ top א׳ תני וכ׳ he found that it was taught (in the Boraitha), Rabbi says &c. Yeb. 110ᵇ אַשְׁכְּחִתֵיה לרב וכ׳ I found Rab A. and &c. Ab. Zar. 10ᵃ, a. fr. נפק דק וא׳ וכ׳ he went forth, investigated, and found that &c. Macc. 21ᵇ מי מַשְׁכַּחַת וכ׳ wouldst thou have found the jewel beneath?; B. Mets. 17ᵇ לא משכחת, v. דְּלֵי. Gitt. 68ᵃ אַשְׁכְּחֵיה חמרא he found it to be wine; Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXVIII, 45; Yalk. Kings 182 אשכח. Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵇ וי דמובדין ולא מַשְׁכְּחִין woe for those who lose and do not find (who suffer an irretrievable loss)!; a. fr.—Macc. l. c., a. fr. היכי משכחת לה how wilt thou find it, i.e. to what practical case can this be applied? Pes. 7ᵃ בשלמא שבת משכחת לה וכ׳ as to the Sabbath, there may be a case, as, for instance, when the fourteenth day occurs on a Sabbath. Ab. Zar. 40ᵇ; a. v. fr. to be found. Targ. Ex. XXI, 16. Ib. XXII, 1; 3; a. fr.—Targ. Y. I Deut. XXXIV, 8 הִשְׁתְּכָחוּ אכלין וכ׳ (= h. נמצא) consequently they ate &c., v. מָצָא.—B. Mets. 16ᵇ הנהו … דמִשְׁתַּכְּחֵי בשוקא deeds of purchase that were found in the street. Sabb. 90ᵃ; Nidd. 62ᵃ מִשְׁתַּכַּח, v. אַשְׁלְגָא. Snh. 111ᵃ; Ex. R. s. 6, a. e. ולא מִשְׁתַּכְּחִין and are not found again (cannot be replaced), v. חֲבַל II; a. fr.