Hebrew word · H7876
שָׁיָה
teshi
to forget
Found only here. Traditionally glossed 'forget, neglect, be unmindful' (BDB; HALOT), on the basis of the parallel with šākaḥ and related verbs (nāšâ 'forget').
Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
(Qal) to forget, deprive
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
From the study of Deuteronomy 32:18
- Range of meaning
Found only here. Traditionally glossed 'forget, neglect, be unmindful' (BDB; HALOT), on the basis of the parallel with šākaḥ and related verbs (nāšâ 'forget').
- Against the English
KJV 'art unmindful', BSB 'ignored', NIV 'deserted', ESV 'were unmindful', NASB/NLT 'neglected'. All are reasonable guesses from the context. NIV's 'deserted' is the strongest.
- Used elsewhere in the period
No other occurrence in the Bible. The Septuagint renders it 'you abandoned' (enkatelipes) and the Vulgate 'you forsook' (dereliquisti). Masoretic tradition writes the yod in this word as a small letter, one of the special scribal markings.
Where it appears
Deuteronomy · 1
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Deuteronomy 32:18 תֶּ֑שִׁי you forgot
You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
Here: 'You neglected / disregarded.' The verb appears only here in the Bible and its form is odd, but the parallel with 'forgot' fixes its meaning: letting the relationship drop, treating the Rock as if he did not count.
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