Deuteronomy 32:18

Moses here returns to the thought of Deuteronomy 32:15 , for the purpose of expressing it with greater force, and also of leading on to the description he is about to give of the Lord's acts towards the nation who had so revolted from him. Thou art unmindful; LXX ; ἐγκατέλιπες : Vulgate, dereliquisti . The Hebrew word שָׁיָה occurs only here, and the meaning is doubtful. From the rendering of the versions, it would seem to be allied to the Arabic, see Arabic word, saha , oblitus est . That formed thee; literally, that brought thee forth or caused thee to be born; " qui te eduxit ex utero materno " (Jarchi. Cf. for the use of the verb, Psalms 29:9 ). In the Samaritan Codex, מהללך , "who hath glorified or praised thee," is the reading, instead of מחללך ; and this the Syriac also expresses. The other versions, however, support the Masoretic reading.