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title: זֵכֶר — remembrance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֵכֶר (2143), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: remembrance. BDB 1906: n.m. remembrance, memorial. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֵכֶר

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«זֵכֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **remembrance** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 23 times · **Key:** 2143 · **BDB:** זֵ֫כֶר

### Glosses

remembrance (11); memorial (6); the.remembrance (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

remembrance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2143/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. remembrance, memorial [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2143/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 9:7 remembrance, memorial (cf. HptHbr. 1885, 230)—ז׳ abs. ψ 111:4, cstr. Dt 25:19 +; זֶכֶר cstr. Ex 17:14 van d. H; sf. זִכְרִי Ex 3:15, זִכְרְךָ Is 26:8 +, זִכְרֶ֑ךָ ψ 6:6, זִכְרוֹ Ho 12:6 +, זִכְרָם Dt 32:26 +:— remembrance, memory: of persons or people, blotted out by their destruction, Ex 17:14 (E; c. מחה) = Dt 25:19, Dt 32:26 (השׁבית) ψ 34:17; 109:15 (both הכרית), ψ 9:7 (אבד), Jb 18:17 (אבד; ‖ שֵׁם), Is 26:14 (אבּד); cf. on other hand ז׳ עוֹלָם as portion of righteous ψ 112:6. of י׳ ψ 6:6; 102:13 (‖ אַתָּה = יהוה). of י׳’s character and works ψ 30:5; 97:12; 111:4; 145:7. remembrance of certain days, i.e. their observance Est 9:28 (יִמֵי הַפּוּרִים). memorial, by which one is remembered: nearly = שֵׁם, ז׳ צַדִּיק לִבְרָכָה Pr 10:7 (‖ שֵׁם), cf. also Ec 9:5 (c. נשׁכח); especially of י׳ Ex 3:15 (E), Ho 12:6 Is 26:8 ψ 135:13 (all ‖ שֵׁם). = renown (of Israel) Ho 14:8 (cf. VB).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זֵכֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2143/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 32:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.26/)

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אָמַ֖רְתִּי אַפְאֵיהֶ֑ם אַשְׁבִּ֥יתָה מֵאֱנ֖וֹשׁ זִכְרָֽם׃

*Word for word:* I.said I will.cut.them.in.pieces I.will.make.cease from humankind remembrance their

*JPS 1917:* I thought I would make an end of them, I would make their memory cease from among men;

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[Proverbs 10:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.7/)

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זֵ֣כֶר צַ֭דִּיק לִבְרָכָ֑ה וְשֵׁ֖ם רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִרְקָֽב׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].memorial of.\[the\].righteous \[is\].for a.blessing and.\[the\] name of.wicked.\[people\] it.will.rot

*JPS 1917:* The memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing; but the name of the wicked shall rot.

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