sha.khe.ach describes people characterized by forgetting, whether God’s holy mountain or the needy.

The attested use describes people marked by forgetting: in Isaiah 65:11 they forsake the LORD and forget his holy mountain, while Psalm 9:18 places the construct form in a clause concerning the needy and poor.

1. People characterized by forgetting · dominant

   In Isaiah 65:11, the masculine plural absolute form identifies those who forsake the LORD and forget his holy mountain; the APB renders the clause “you who forsake the LORD and forget my holy mountain.” In Psalm 9:18, the masculine plural construct form occurs in the statement about the needy and poor; the APB renders, “the needy will not be forgotten forever, nor will the hope of the poor perish forever.”

   Isaiah 65:11Psalm 9:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “forget” in Isaiah 65:11. In Psalm 9:18 it presents the clause as the needy not being “forgotten,”, so the term’s specific contribution is less certain there.