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škḥ (a/a) vb. to find; to be capable
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Gpəˁalto find4 senses▶
1
to find
Common Aramaic
TAD A2.1 R.9↗ אן אשכחת אש מהימן‏ : if you find a reliable person ; TAD A4.3V.9↗ אנתם זולו מן בתין נכסן לקבל זי ידכם מהשכחה הבו לה‏ : remove from our households as much stuff as you are able to find and give it to him ; Ezra 4:15↗ וּתְהַשְׁכַּח בִּסְפַר דָּכְרָנַיָּא‏ : you will find in the memoranda book ; Ezra 4:19↗ וּבַקַּרוּ וְהַשְׁכַּחוּ‏ : they investigated and discovered ; GenApoc 2.23↗ ואזל לה קד̇מת לפרוין ותמן אשכחה‏ : he went to the east to GN and found him there ; TgJ Ez22:30↗ וְאִתבְעֵי מִנְהוֹן קְֹדָמַי גְבַר דְלֵיה עוּבָדִין טָבִין ٠٠٠ וְלָא אַשכַחִית‏ : I looked for one of them who had good deeds in My presence ... but I did not find one ; SamTgJ Gen16:7↗ ואשקעה מלאך יהוה על עין מיה‏ : the Lord's angel found her at the water source ; AphDem6.119:21↗ ܡܢ ܕܐܚܕ ܠܒܪ ܡܠܟܐ ܒܐܝܩܪܐ܂ ܡܢ ܡܠܟܐ ܡܫܟܚ ܕܫܢ̈ܐ ܣܓ̈ܝܐܐ‏ : he who esteems the king's son will find many gifts from the king ; BT Ber 24a(10)↗ זיל איתי לי תפילי, אזלי ואשכחתינהו‏ : go bring me my phylacteries; I went and found them ; HP Sassoon(1) 37.6↗ ואשכח ציבורא‏ : he came across a congregation ; GY 155:17↗ ubihšat baba lamaška ḏluat abahatẖ tˁiul : she searched for the gate but did not find how to enter to her ancestors ; PJ Gen11:2↗ ואשכחו בקעתא בארעא ד בבל ויתיבו תמן‏ : they found a valley in the land of Babylonia and stayed there
(1)
p.p.: found, present; see s.v. škyḥ adj.
Common Aramaic
(2)
to harvest, produce
Syr
P Gn26:12↗ ܘܙܪܥ݂ ܐܝܣܚܩ ܒܐܪܥܐ܂ ܘܐܫܟܚ ܒܫܢܬܐ ܗ݀ܝ ܡܐܐ ܕܣܥܪ̈ܐ‏
(3)
w. b_ : to be supplied with, have plenty
Sam, Syr
SamTgJ Num11:22↗ אם ית כל נונית ימה יתכנש להון וישקע להון‏ : if all the fish in the sea were collected for them would it be enough for them ; LG 7:21(1)↗ ܡܲܢ ܕܡܸܫܟܲܚ ܒܣܲܝܒܵܪܬܵܐ ܘܒܲܠܒܘ݂ܫܵܐ ܢܲܛܸܐܒ ܠܡܲܢ ܕܲܣܢܼܝܩ‏ : [p.p.?]
(4)
to discover, invent
Syr
EphIeIun 5:20↗ ܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܒ̈ܢܘܗܝ ܕܩܐܝܢ ܐܫܟܚܘ ܐܝܟ ܕܟܬܝܒ ܩܝ̈ܢܬܐ ܘܚܫܠܬܐ‏ : Cain's two sons invented, as it is written, songs and fabrication
2
w. infinitive : to be able to, capable of
Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, Syr, JBAg
GenApoc 21.13↗ כעפר ארעא די לא ישכח כול בר אנוש לממניה‏ : like the dust of the earth that no human being can count ; TgJ Jer12:13↗ לָא תְהוֹן דָמַן לִדזָרְעֵי חִטִין עַל בְיָר וְלָא מַשכְחִין לְמִכנַש‏ : do not be like those who sow wheat on uncultivated ground and are unable to gather it ; P Mt3:9↗ ܡܸܫܟ݁ܲܚ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܡܸܢ ܗܵܠܸܝܢ ܟܼ݁ܐܦ݂ܸܐ̈ ܠܲܡܩܵܡܘ݂ ܒ݁ܢܲܝܵܐ̈ ܠܲܐܒ݂ܪܵܗܵܡ‏ : God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones ; SSSad 263:18↗ ולא אשכחנא לאכרועי הי מיניהון דקדים‏ : we were unable to determine which of them was first
(1)
as co-verb
Syr
EphIeiun 3.3 ܡܢܘ ܡܫܟܚ ܡܬܪܓܡ‏ : who is able to explain? ; EphPar 8:9.3↗ ܘܠܐ ܐܫܟܚܬ ܥܠܬ ܡܢܗ݀ ܘܠܗ݀ ܢܦܫܐ‏ : the soul was unable to enter on its own
(2)
as independent vb.
(1)
to overcome, conquer
Syr
KwDW 256:4↗ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܚܝ̈ܘܬܐ ܠܐ ܐܫ݂ܟܚ ܚܝܠܐ ܕܚܡܪܐ ܡܚܝܠܐ‏ : the king of the beasts did not overcome the strength of a weak donkey ; ChronEdess 1:14↗ ܘܐܬܘ ܡ̈ܝܐ ܢܘܟܪ̈ܝܐ݂܂ ܘܐܫܟܚܘ ܐܢܘܢ ܠܩܛܪ̈ܩܛܐ‏ : the exceptional water came and overwhelmed (or: reached?) the sluice-gates
(2)
to use a blessing or a ruling for, apply to a situation
JBA
BT BQ 85b(12)↗ מכלל דמשכחת נמי כולהו‏ : the inference is that you apply it also to all of them ; BT Men 11a(35)↗ היכי משכחת לה‏ : how can you apply that (mishnah to this situation)?
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impersonal ܡܸܫܟܲܚ܂ ܡܸܫܟܚܵܐ : it may well be, it is possible
Syr
JSmem 11:80↗ ܠܟ ܡܫܟܚ ܗܘܐ܃ ܕܠܐ ܡܩܒܠ ܐܢܬ ܠܐ ܠܐܠܗܐ ܘܠܐ ܠܚܒܝܒܗ‏ : it may be that you would not have accepted God nor His beloved
(1)
ܠܐ ܡܸܫܟܲܚ : it is impossible
Syr
OS MtCur5:14↗ ܘܠܐ ܡܫܟܚܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܛܘܪܐ ܒܢܝܐ ܕܬܛܫܐ‏ : it is impossible for a city built on a mountain to be hidden
4
w. inanimate: to happen to, occur [Hebrew calque]
JLAtg, Sam, LJLA
TgO Ex18:8↗ יָת כֹל עָקְתָא דְאַשכַחַתנוּן בְאוֹרחָא‏ ; SamTgJ Ex18:8↗ כל ליחותה דאשקעתון באורעה‏ : all the hardship that happened to them on the way ; PJ Ex18:8↗ כל עקתא דאשכחתנון באורחא‏
(1)
to come in contact with
Sam
SamTgJ Ex22:5↗ וכד תפק אש ומשקעה קוצנים‏ : when fire spreads out and encounters thorns
CˀafˁelSee pe'al and note on forms1 sense▶
See pe'al and note on forms
Common Aramaic
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be found2 senses▶
1
to be found
Common Aramaic
TAD A4.4R.6↗ שמהת גבריא זי אשתכחו בבבא בנא‏ ; Ezra 6:2↗ וְהִשְׁתְּכַח בְּאַחְמְתָא בְּבִירְתָא דִּי בְּמָדַי מְדִינְתָּה מְגִלָּה חֲדָה‏ : there was found a certain scroll in GN in the capital in the province of Media ; 4Q550 1:5↗ ובין ספריא אשתכח מגלה‏ : a scroll was found among the documents ; TgJ Ez26:21↗ תִתבְעַן וְלָא תִשתַכחִין עוֹד לְעָלַם‏ : you shall be looked for and never more found ; P Gn2:20↗ ܘܠܐܕܡ ܠܐ ܐܫܬܟܚ ܠܗ ܡܥܕܪܢܐ ܐܟܘܬܗ‏ ; JBABowl 9.1:7↗ ואישתכח כתיב ביה‏ ; BT San 111a(37)↗ חבל על דאבדין ולא משתכחין‏ : woe for those who have perished and are not found ; PJ Gen44:12↗ וישתכח אוגבין בטונא דבנימין‏ : a goblet was found in Benjamin's pack
(1)
to be found to be
Syr, JBA, LJLA
ActsThom 178:12↗ ܐܫܬ݂ܟܚ݂ܬ݁ ܐܝ݂ܕܐ ܕܕܫܩܝܐ ܗܝ܂ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܡܚ݂ܝܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܠܝܗܘܕܐ‏ : it was found to be the hand of that waiter who had struck Judah ; TgEsth2 5:1(10)↗ בדקתא יתיה ואשתכח מהימן‏ : you examined him and he was found to be loyal
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impersonal w. l_ : to be available to
BADan, Syr
Dan 2:35↗ וּנְשָׂא הִמּוֹן רוּחָא וְכָל־אֲתַר לָא־הִשְׁתֲּכַח לְהוֹן‏ : the wind picked them up and they found no resting place ; JS_Elijah 3:251↗ ܠܗܲܘ ܕܲܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܡܼܝ̈ܬܸܐ ܘܚܲܝܸ̈ܐ ܐܸܫܬܲܟܚܲܬ ܗܵܝ ܕܒܸܝܬ ܝܲܡܼܝܢܵܐ ܘܲܠܣܸܡܵܠܵܐ ܒܡܲܘܬܸܗ ܢܸܦܪܽܘܫ‏ : that judge of the dead and the living was able to distinguish between right on left by His death
2
to be present, to exist
BADan, Palmyrene, JLAtg, Gal, Syr, LJLA
Dan 5:11↗ וְחָכְמָה כְּחָכְמַת־אֱלָהִין הִשְׁתְּכַחַת בֵּהּ‏ : there exists in him a wisdom like divine wisdom ; PAT1421:1.3↗ ḥšˀ ṭb[ˀ dy ˀšt<k>ḥ lh lwt tgryˀ : the good feeling toward the merchants that was present in him ; TgO Deut17:2↗ אֲרֵי יִשתְכַח בֵינָך בַחדָא מִן קִרוָך‏ : should there be among you in one of your towns ; ESSerm4 29:27 ܒܛܘܪܐ ܕܐܫܬܟܚܬܘܢ ܒܗ‏ : in (whatever) mountain you are located ; TgIChron 13:14↗ עד דאשתכחו ביני אבהן ובנין ביום חד תמנין וחד‏ : to the point that there turned out to be among fathers and sons a total of 81 in a single day
(1)
as coverb: to happen by while doing something; to turn out to be something
Gal, Syr, JBA, JBAg
VR 858:3(1)↗ ואישתכח ההוא מלכא חשש מיעוי‏ : that king happened to be having bowel pain ; PTMaSh 56.a:17[2]↗ והוא פרי ^והוא פרי^ עד דאשתכח יהיב בבבל‏ : it kept on running until it ended up located in Babylonia ; AthanSyr1 79:23 ܘܡܫܬܟܚ ܠܗ ܕܒܟܕܒܘܬܐ ܡܬܐܡܪ ܦܘܪܩܢܢ‏ : it turns out that our salvation was said by lying ; Pel 1.23 ܙܢܝܬܐ ܚܕܐ ܥܬܝܪܬܐ ܐܫܬܟܚܬ ܥܒܪܐ ܥܠ ܓܢܒܢ‏ : a certain wealthy courtesan happened to be passing by us ; OS MtSin1:18↗ ܐܫܬܟܚܬ ܒܛܢܐ ܡܢ ܪܘܚܐ ܕܩܘܕܫܐ‏ ; BT Šab 92a(32)↗ ואישתכח דהוה מידלי טובא‏ : it turned out that it was raised a great deal
(2)
to be able
LJLA
SYAPappendix 61↗ צדקא וזכו לא אשתכח לכפרא על חובתי‏ : righteousness and merit were not able to atone for my sin
CtˀettafˁalSee etpe'el1 sense▶
See etpe'el
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A highly irregular verb. The initial aleph is prothetic, but the resulting form is treated as a quasi-afel, often with a preformative vowel in a instead of original e. Hence the active participle in mem, already in OfA, which even shows the distinctive heh of the early h/afel. CPA shows a perfect passive ܐܫܟܝܚ; Sam. almost always שקח or שקע : Mand. T-stem as if true ettafal; LJLA regularly shows initial heh in perfect forms of the T-stem, reflecting the BA form.
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The meaning "to be able" may be a devlopment from the earlier expression in the same meaning with "hand, power" as the subject; see s.v. yd n.f.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1556[775]DJPA: 549bDJBA: 1143aJastrow: 1572Drower/Macuch: 464f, 228b, 237a, 450bJ. Payne-Smith: 576Levy Ch-W: 2:478Tal Sam: 926DNWSI: 1132DCPA[Schulthess]: 429[205]DJA: 82bQumran: 233

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