H2143

זֵ֫כֶר

ze.kherH:N-M

memorial

1) memorial, remembrance 1a) remembrance, memory 1b) memorial

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. זֶ֫כֶר noun masculine Exod 17:14, see following.



זֵ֫כֶר noun masculinePs 9:7 remembrance, memorial (compare HptHebraica. 1885, 230) — ׳ז absolute Ps 111:4 construct Deut 25:19 +; זֶכֶר construct Exod 17:14 van d. H; suffix זִכְרִי Exod 3:15, זִכְרְךָ Isa 26:8 +, זִכְרֶ֑ךָ Ps 6:6, זִכְרוֺ Hos 12:6 +, זִכְרָם Deut 32:26 +: —

1. remembrance, memory:
  a. of persons or people, blotted out by their destruction, Exod 17:14 (E; with מחה) = Deut 25:19; Deut 32:26 (השׁבית) Ps 34:17; Ps 109:15 (both הכרית), Ps 9:7 (אבד), Job 18:17 (אבד; || שֵׁם), Isa 26:14 (אבּד); compare on other hand עוֺלָם ׳ז as portion of righteous.
  b. of ׳י Ps 6:6; Ps 102:13 (|| אַתָּה = יהוה).
  c. of ׳י's character and works Ps 30:5; Ps 97:12; Ps 111:4.
  d. remembrance of particular days, i.e. their observance Esth 9:28 (הַפּוּרִים יְמֵי).
2. memorial, by which one is remembered:
  a. nearly = שֵׁם, צַדִּיק לִבְרָכָה ׳ז Prov 10:7 (|| שֵׁם), compare also Eccl 9:5 (with נשׁכח); especially of ׳י Exod 3:15 (E), Hos 12:6; Isa 26:8; Ps 135:13 (all || שֵׁם).
  b. = renown (of Israel) Hos 14:8 (compare VB).


16 occurrences

Exodus (2), Deuteronomy (2), Esther (1), Job (1), Psalms (6), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (2)