זִכָּר֞וֹן — Numbers 17:5 Hebrew Word Study

זִכָּר֞וֹן

𐤆𐤊𐤓𐤅𐤍

zikaron

memorial

from זָכַר; a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing); memorial, record.

Numbers 17:5 · Word #1

Lexicon `H2146`

Lemma	זִכְרוֹן
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤆𐤊𐤓𐤅𐤍
Transliteration	zikrôwn
Strong's	H2146
In-context	memorial

Morphology `HNcmsa` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 `H2146-06`

remembrance-token

Root	זכר (z-k-r)
Core Meanings	remembering, calling to mind, recalling, mentioning, invoking to memory
Semantic Range	memorial object, commemorative day, reminder, record, written memorial, lasting remembrance
Conceptual Significance	In the biblical text, a זִכְרוֹן functions as a tangible or appointed means by which deeds—especially YHWH’s acts—are kept in living memory. It links covenant history to ongoing communal identity, ensuring that remembrance shapes worship, obedience, and generational continuity.
Morphological Notes	Common masculine singular noun in the absolute state (HNcmsa); no pronominal suffix; derived nominal form from the root זכר.
Rendering Rationale	זִכְרוֹן is a masculine singular noun derived from the root זכר ("to remember"). The rendering "remembrance-token" preserves the concrete, object-focused sense of something that brings remembrance, while maintaining the singular form indicated by the morphology (common masculine singular absolute).

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root זכר (remembering, calling to mind, recalling, mentioning, invoking to memory)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H234-01`	azekaratah	her remembrance-portion
`H2142-01`	azekir	I will bring to remembrance
`H2142-02`	azekirah	Let me cause to be remembered
`H2142-03`	bezakherenu	in our remembering
`H1799-01`	dakheranaya	the remembrance-records
`H1799-02`	dikheronah	its remembrance-record
`H2142-04`	ezekar	I will mark-for-remembrance
`H2142-05`	ezekarekha	I call you to remembrance
`H2142-06`	ezekerah	Let me mark in remembrance
`H2142-07`	ezekerekhi	I remember you (feminine singular)
`H2142-08`	ezekerenu	I will remember him
`H2142-09`	ezekor	I will call to mind
`H2142-10`	hamazekir	the one who causes to remember
`H2142-11`	hamazekirim	the ones who cause remembrance
`H2145-01`	hazakhar	the remembered male
`H2142-12`	hazekarekhem	the bringing-to-remembrance of you men
`H2145-02`	hazekharim	the marked males
`H2142-13`	hazekir	he caused to be remembered
`H2142-14`	hazekireni	Cause me to remember
`H2142-15`	hazekiru	you men brought to remembrance
`H2146-01`	hazikaron	the remembrance-token
`H2146-02`	hazikheronot	the remembrance-records
`H2142-16`	hizakherekhem	your being remembered
`H2142-17`	hizekir	he caused to be remembered
`H2142-18`	kehazekiro	as his causing-him-to-be-remembered
`H2142-19`	kizekor	as they remembered
`H2145-03`	lazakhar	for the remembered male
`H234-02`	leazekarah	a remembrance-portion
`H2142-20`	lehazekir	to cause to remember
`H2143-01`	lezekher	for a remembrance of
`H2146-03`	lezikaron	for a remembrance
`H2145-04`	lizekharim	for the remembered-males
`H2142-21`	lizekor	to mark in remembrance
`H2142-22`	mazekeret	a remembrance-mark
`H2142-23`	mazekir	the one causing-to-remember
`H2145-05`	mizakhar	from a remembered male
`H2142-24`	nazekir	we will cause to be remembered
`H2142-25`	nazekirah	let us bring to remembrance
`H2142-26`	nizekarim	remembered ones
`H2142-27`	tazekiru	you men will bring to remembrance
`H2142-28`	tizakhar	she will be remembered
`H2142-29`	tizakharena	they (feminine) will be marked-for-remembrance
`H2142-30`	tizakharenah	they (feminine) will be brought to remembrance
`H2142-31`	tizakher	she will be remembered
`H2142-32`	tizakheri	you will be brought to remembrance
`H2142-33`	tizekar	you will remember
`H2142-34`	tizekerenu	you remember him
`H2142-35`	tizekeri	you (feminine singular) will remember
`H2142-36`	tizekeru	you men shall remember
`H2142-37`	tizekor	you (masculine singular) shall remember
`H2142-38`	ulehazekir	and to cause to remember
`H2146-04`	ulezikaron	and for a remembrance
`H2143-02`	ulezikherekha	and for your remembrance
`H2142-39`	ulezokherey	and to the rememberers of
`H2142-40`	uzekharetani	and you remembered me
`H2142-41`	uzekharetem	and you (plural) shall remember
`H2148-01`	uzekhareyah	and Yah-has-remembered
`H2148-02`	uzekhareyahu	And Yah-Has-Remembered
`H2142-42`	uzekhor	and remember!
`H2142-43`	vaezekor	and I remembered
`H2142-44`	vanizekaretem	and you men will be brought into remembrance
`H2142-45`	vayizekereha	and he brought her to remembrance
`H2142-46`	vayizekeru	And they called to mind
`H2142-47`	vayizekor	and he called to mind
`H2144-01`	vazakher	and Remembrance
`H2142-48`	vehizekaretani	and you caused me to be remembered
`H2148-03`	velizekhareyah	and to Zekaryah (Yah-remembers)
`H2142-49`	vetizekereni	and you will remember me
`H2142-50`	veyizekor	and may he call to mind
`H2142-51`	vezakhareta	and you shall remember
`H2142-52`	vezakharete	And you (fem.) will mark in remembrance
`H2142-53`	vezakhareti	and I will call to mind
`H2142-54`	vezakheru	and they remembered
`H2139-01`	vezakur	and Mindful-One
`H2146-05`	vezikaron	and a remembrance
`H2143-03`	vezikheram	and their remembrance
`H2143-04`	vezikherekha	and your remembrance
`H2147-01`	vezikheri	and My-Remembrance (masculine personal name)
`H2142-55`	yazekir	he will bring to remembrance
`H2142-56`	yazekiru	they will cause to remember
`H2142-57`	yizakher	he will be brought to remembrance
`H2142-58`	yizakheru	they will be remembered
`H2142-59`	yizekar	he will mark in remembrance
`H2142-60`	yizekeru	they will call to mind
`H2142-61`	yizekerukha	they will remember you
`H2142-62`	yizekeruni	they will call me to remembrance
`H2142-63`	yizekor	he will call to mind
`H2145-06`	zakhar	a remembered male
`H2142-64`	zakhar	a remembered male
`H2142-65`	zakharenu	we have kept in remembrance
`H2142-66`	zakharete	you marked in remembrance
`H2142-67`	zakhareti	I remembered
`H2142-68`	zakherah	she marked-to-remember / mark-to-remember!
`H2142-69`	zakhereni	Mark me in remembrance
`H2142-70`	zakheru	they remembered
`H2142-71`	zakhor	Remember!
`H2142-72`	zakhur	remembered (one)
`H2139-02`	zakur	Mindful-One
`H2142-73`	zekhar	Remember!
`H2142-74`	zekharanu	he has marked us for remembrance
`H2142-75`	zekharetam	you have marked them in remembrance
`H2142-76`	zekharetani	you have remembered me
`H2142-77`	zekharetikha	I have remembered you (masculine singular)
`H2148-04`	zekhareyah	Yah Has Remembered
`H2148-05`	zekhareyahu	Yah Has Remembered
`H2143-05`	zekher	remembrance
`H2142-78`	zekhor	Remember!
`H2142-79`	zekhoru	Mark in remembrance, you men!
`H2138-01`	zekhurah	its male (the remembered-one)
`H2138-02`	zekhurekha	your marked male
`H2143-06`	zikheram	their remembrance
`H2143-07`	zikherekha	your remembrance
`H2143-08`	zikheri	My Remembrance (masculine personal name)
`H2147-02`	zikheri	My Remembrance (masculine personal name)
`H2143-09`	zikhero	his remembrance
`H2146-07`	zikheron	remembrance-of
`H2146-08`	zikheronekhe	your remembrance-memorial
`H2146-09`	zikheroneykhem	your memorial-reminders
`H2142-80`	zikheru	Remember—call to mind—you (masculine plural)!
`H2142-81`	zkhrty	you (feminine singular) marked in remembrance
`H2142-82`	zkhyr	I will bring to remembrance

Word Usage (24 occurrences of H2146)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Exodus 12:14	לְ/זִכָּר֔וֹן	lezikaron	for a memorial
Exodus 13:9	וּ/לְ/זִכָּרוֹן֙	ulezikaron	and for a reminder
Exodus 17:14	זִכָּרוֹן֙	zikaron	as a memorial
Exodus 28:12	זִכָּרֹ֖ן	zikaron	of memorial
Exodus 28:12	לְ/זִכָּרֹֽן	lezikaron	for a memorial
Exodus 28:29	לְ/זִכָּרֹ֥ן	lezikaron	for a memorial
Exodus 30:16	לְ/זִכָּרוֹן֙	lezikaron	for a memorial
Exodus 39:7	זִכָּר֖וֹן	zikaron	memorial
Leviticus 23:24	זִכְר֥וֹן	zikheron	memorial
Numbers 5:15	זִכָּר֖וֹן	zikaron	memorial
Numbers 5:18	הַ/זִּכָּר֔וֹן	hazikaron	of memorial
Numbers 10:10	לְ/זִכָּרוֹן֙	lezikaron	for-a-memorial
Numbers 17:5	זִכָּר֞וֹן	zikaron	memorial
Numbers 31:54	זִכָּר֥וֹן	zikaron	a memorial
Joshua 4:7	לְ/זִכָּר֛וֹן	lezikaron	for a memorial
Isaiah 57:8	זִכְרוֹנֵ֑/ךְ	zikheronekhe	your memorial
Zechariah 6:14	לְ/זִכָּר֖וֹן	lezikaron	for-a-memorial
Malachi 3:16	זִכָּר֤וֹן	zikaron	of-remembrance
Job 13:12	זִֽ֭כְרֹנֵי/כֶם	zikheroneykhem	your remembrances
Ecclesiastes 1:11	זִכְר֖וֹן	zikheron
Ecclesiastes 1:11	זִכָּר֔וֹן	zikaron
Ecclesiastes 2:16	זִכְר֧וֹן	zikheron
Esther 6:1	הַ/זִּכְרֹנוֹת֙	hazikheronot	of the records
Nehemiah 2:20	וְ/זִכָּר֖וֹן	vezikaron	memorial

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Lexicon H2146

Morphology HNcmsa All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H2146-06

Words from Root זכר (remembering, calling to mind, recalling, mentioning, invoking to memory)

Word Usage (24 occurrences of H2146)

Lexicon `H2146`

Morphology `HNcmsa` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H2146-06`