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title: זִכָּרוֹן — memorial · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זִכָּרוֹן (2146), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: memorial. BDB 1906: n.m. memorial, remembrance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זִכָּרוֹן

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«זִכָּרוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **memorial** — 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:** 24 times · **Key:** 2146 · **BDB:** זִכָּרוֹן

### Glosses

a.memorial (7); memorial (7); of.remembrance (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

memorial [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2146/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. memorial, remembrance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2146/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ec 1:11 memorial, remembrance (cf. LgBN 199, 200)—abs. זִכָּרוֹן Jos 4:7 +; זִכָּרֹן Ex 28:12(×2), 29; cstr. זִכְרוֹן Ec 1:11 + 2 times; sf. זִכְרוֹנֵךְ Is 57:8; pl. הַזִּכְרֹנוֹת Est 6:1; sf. זִכְרֹנֵיכֶם Jb 13:12;— memorial, reminder: memorial-day Ex 12:14 (P). memorial-usage Ex 13:9 (JE). memorial-objects, altar-plates Nu 17:5 (P); stones in Jordan Jos 4:7 (JE); crowns in temple Zc 6:14; ז׳ in Is 57:8 is symbol of strange god (Di), or perhaps phallus-image, as sign of harlot (Che), cf. \> Du (who proposes זְכָרוֹן, from זָכָר). memorial-record; in a book Ex 17:14 (E); cf. סֵפֶר זִכָּרוֹן Mal 3:16, ס׳ הַזִּכְרֹנות דברי הימים Est 6:1; memorial, as proof of citizenship Ne 2:20 (‖ חֵלֶק, צְדָקָה); reminder of Israel, לִפְנֵי י׳, of כֶּסֶף הַכִּפֻּרִים Ex 30:16; spoils of war Nu 31:54; inscribed stones of ephod Ex 28:12, 29, called אַבְנֵי ז׳ v 12 = Ex 39:7; blowing of trumpets Nu 10:10 (foregoing all P), cf. זִכְרוֹן תְּרוּעָה Lv 23:24 (P; where, however, no לפני י׳, v. Di); מִנְחַת (ה)זכרון Nu 5:15, 18 (P); memorial-sentence, apophthegm Jb 13:12. \* remembrance Ec 1:11 (cstr. before prep. Ges§ 130, 1), v 11; 2:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זִכָּרוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2146/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 13:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.12/)

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זִֽ֭כְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵ֑פֶר לְגַבֵּי־חֹ֝֗מֶר גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* memorials your \[are\].proverbs of.ash\[es\] \[are\].(to) defenses of.clay defenses your

*JPS 1917:* Your memorials shall be like unto ashes, your eminences to eminences of clay.

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[Exodus 39:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.7/)

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וַיָּ֣שֶׂם אֹתָ֗ם עַ֚ל כִּתְפֹ֣ת הָאֵפֹ֔ד אַבְנֵ֥י זִכָּר֖וֹן לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.put them on the.shoulder-pieces of the.ephod stones of.remembrance for the.sons of.Israel just as he.had.commanded Yahweh (et) Moses

*JPS 1917:* And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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