וּ/לְ/הַזְכִּיר֙
𐤅/𐤋/𐤄𐤆𐤊𐤉𐤓
zâkar
and to commemorate
To call to mind or remember (something or someone), to think of, recall, or bring to awareness; also, to make mention of, recount, or commemorate; occasionally, to act upon what is remembered. The word can refer to active remembrance in ritual or prayer, verbal mention in speech, or inner recollection. In pi‘el and hiph‘il stems, also refers to causing to be remembered, public commemoration, or record-keeping. Lexically distinct from the related nominal form זָכָר (zâkâr, 'male'), but shares the root as a denominative in a few rare cases.
1 Chronicles 16:4 · Word #8
Lexicon H2142
| Lemma | זָכַר |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤆𐤊𐤓 |
| Transliteration | zâkar |
| Strong's | H2142 |
| Definition | To call to mind or remember (something or someone), to think of, recall, or bring to awareness; also, to make mention of, recount, or commemorate; occasionally, to act upon what is remembered. The word can refer to active remembrance in ritual or prayer, verbal mention in speech, or inner recollection. In pi‘el and hiph‘il stems, also refers to causing to be remembered, public commemoration, or record-keeping. Lexically distinct from the related nominal form זָכָר (zâkâr, 'male'), but shares the root as a denominative in a few rare cases. |
Morphology HC/R/Vhc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | h — Hiphil — Causative active |
| Conjugation | c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...") |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and to commemorate |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2142-38
to cause to remember
| Morphological Notes | Hiphil infinitive construct with prefixed conjunction ו and preposition ל; causative verbal form. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Hiphil stem gives a causative sense to the root זכר, meaning not simply "to remember" but "to cause to remember" or "to bring to remembrance." As an infinitive construct, it expresses the action in verbal-nominal form without specifying subject or tense. |
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