H2146 H2146
Memorial, remembrance; a commemorative sign, token, or record intended to preserve memory before God or among people.
Derived from the root זכר ('to remember'), this noun covers everything from the physical stones Joshua set in the Jordan (Josh 4:7) to the abstract fading of human memory (Eccl 1:11). In the Pentateuch, it frequently describes ritual objects and offerings designed to bring something 'to remembrance' before God—the shoulder-stones of the priestly ephod are a זִכָּרוֹן for the sons of Israel (Exod 28:12). Spanish 'memorial/recordatorio' and French 'mémorial/mémoire' capture the same spectrum from concrete monument to intangible recollection.
Senses
1. memorial sign or token — A concrete commemorative object, offering, or sign designed to serve as a lasting reminder. The twelve stones in the Jordan are 'a memorial' (Josh 4:7), the engraved shoulder-stones of the ephod carry the tribes' names 'for a memorial' (Exod 28:12), and the grain offering is called an אַזְכָּרָה, a 'memorial portion' (Num 5:15). Spanish 'memorial de' and French 'mémorial' confirm the tangible, institutional quality—these are constructed tokens meant to trigger remembrance before God. 15×
AR["تَذكارٍ", "تَذْكَارًا", "تِذْكَارًا", "تِذْكَارٍ", "تِذْكَارَكِ", "ذِكْرُ", "لِ-تَذكارٍ", "لِ-تَذْكَارٍ", "لِ-ذِكْرَى", "وَ-لِ-ذِكْرَى"]·ben["এবং-স্মারকরূপে", "তোমার-স্মৃতিচিহ্নকে", "স্মরণ", "স্মরণীয়", "স্মরণের", "স্মরণের-জন্য", "স্মারক", "স্মারক-রূপে", "স্মারক-হিসাবে", "স্মারকের-জন্য", "স্মৃতি"]·DE["Gedenkanteil", "Gedenken", "[זכרונך]", "ein-Gedenkanteil-von", "fuer-ein-Gedenkanteil", "fuer-ein-memorial", "fuer-memorial", "fuer-remembrance", "memorial", "und-fuer-ein-memorial"]·EN["a-memorial-of", "and-for-a-memorial", "for-a-memorial", "for-memorial", "for-remembrance", "memorial", "your-memorial"]·FR["[זכרונך]", "[לזכרון]", "et-pour-un-mémorial", "mémorial", "pour-mémorial", "pour-remembrance", "pour-un-mémorial", "un-mémorial-de"]·heb["ו-ל-זיכרון", "זיכרון", "זיכרונך", "זכרון", "ל-זיכרון", "ל-זכרון"]·HI["अपना-स्मारक", "और-स्मरण-के-लिए", "के-लिए-स्मरण", "यादगार", "यादगार-के-लिए", "स्मरण", "स्मरण-के", "स्मरण-के-लिए"]·ID["dan-sebagai-peringatan", "peringatan", "peringatanmu", "sebagai-peringatan", "untuk-peringatan"]·IT["[זכרונך]", "[לזכרון]", "e-per-un-memorial", "memorial", "memoriale", "per-memorial", "per-remembrance", "per-un-memorial", "un-memoriale-di"]·jav["Kèngetan", "dados-pèngetan", "dados-pèngetan.", "dhateng-pangeling-eling", "kangge-pangeling-eling", "kangge-ènget", "lan-dhateng-pangeling-eling", "minangka-pangeling-eling", "pangeling-eling", "pangeling-panjenengan", "pangéling-éling", "pèngetan", "tumrap-péngetan"]·KO["그리고-에-기념으로", "기념-으로", "기념-의", "기념으로", "기념의", "기억", "네-기념물을", "에-기념", "에-기념물", "에-기념으로"]·PT["Memorial", "e-para-memorial", "memorial", "memorial-de", "memorial-teu", "para-memorial", "para-memória"]·RU["для-памяти", "и-для-напоминания", "на-память", "памяти", "памятник", "памятник-твой", "память"]·ES["Recordatorio", "memorial", "memorial-de", "para-memorial", "tu-memorial", "y-por-memorial"]·SW["Kumbukumbu", "kumbukumbu", "kwa-ukumbusho", "na-kwa-ukumbusho", "ukumbusho", "ukumbusho-wa-", "ukumbusho-wako", "ya-ukumbusho"]·TR["-için-anılma", "anma", "anma-", "anma-için", "anma-olarak", "anı-olarak", "anısı", "anıt-olarak", "hatira-isaretin", "hatıra", "ve-anısı-olarak"]·urd["-یادگار-کے-طور-پر", "اور-یادگار-کے-طور-پر", "اپنی-نشانی", "یادگار", "یادگار-کے", "یادگار-کے-طور-پر", "یادگار-کے-لیے", "یادگاری-کے", "یادگاری-کے-لئے", "یادگاری-کے-لیے"]
Exod 12:14, Exod 13:9, Exod 17:14, Exod 28:12, Exod 28:12, Exod 28:29, Exod 30:16, Exod 39:7, Lev 23:24, Num 10:10, Num 16:40, Num 31:54 (+3 more)
2. remembrance or memory — The abstract state of being remembered or the act of recollection itself. Ecclesiastes 1:11 laments that 'there is no remembrance of former things,' and Nehemiah 2:20 asserts that certain people have 'no portion or remembrance' in Jerusalem. French 'mémoire' and Spanish 'memoria' naturally distinguish this abstract sense from the physical memorial of sense 1. Here the focus is on memory as a faculty or condition, not a monument. 7×
AR["الْـتَّذْكَارِ", "تَذْكَارٍ", "ذِكْرٌ", "لَهُمْ", "وَ-لا-ذِكْرٌ"]·ben["এবং-স্মৃতি", "স্মরণের", "স্মৃতি"]·DE["Gedenken", "der-remembrance", "remembrance", "und-Gedenken"]·EN["and-memorial", "remembrance", "the-remembrance"]·FR["[וזכרון]", "le-remembrance", "mémoire", "remembrance"]·heb["ה-זכרון", "ו-זכרון", "זיכרון", "זכרון"]·HI["या-स्मरण", "स्मरण", "स्मरण-की"]·ID["dan-peringatan", "kenangan", "peringatan"]·IT["[וזכרון]", "[זכרון]", "il-remembrance", "remembrance"]·jav["lan-pangèngetan", "pangeling-eling", "pangéling-éling", "ènget"]·KO["그-기념", "그리고-기념이", "기념", "기억", "기억-의"]·PT["e-memória", "lembrança", "memorial", "memória", "o-memorial"]·RU["и-памяти", "памяти"]·ES["el-memorial", "memoria", "memorial", "y-memoria"]·SW["Hzkrun", "Zkrun", "kumbukumbu", "wala-kumbukumbu"]·TR["anis", "anisi", "anma'nın", "anımsımanın", "anımsımanın-", "ve-anı"]·urd["اور-یاد", "یاد", "یادگار-کا", "یادگاری-کی"]
3. written records or chronicles — Formal written records or chronicles preserved for posterity. Esther 6:1 describes the king ordering 'the book of the remembrances' (the royal annals) to be read aloud—an act that pivotally reverses Haman's plot. Spanish 'los memoriales' (the records) confirms the documentary, archival sense. This is memory institutionalized in text, a bureaucratic extension of the commemorative impulse. 1×
AR["التَّذْكِرَاتِ"]·ben["-স্মরণিকাগুলির"]·DE["Gedenken"]·EN["the-remembrances"]·FR["[הזכרנות]"]·heb["ה-זכרנות"]·HI["इतिहास-की"]·ID["peringatan"]·IT["[הזכרנות]"]·jav["pèngetan"]·KO["그-기록들의"]·PT["as-memórias"]·RU["записей"]·ES["los-memoriales"]·SW["cha-kumbukumbu"]·TR["hatıraların-"]·urd["یادگاری-کی"]
4. memorable sayings or maxims — Memorable sayings, maxims, or proverbial utterances. Job 13:12 declares 'your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes'—a devastating dismissal of his friends' traditional wisdom as worthless platitudes. Spanish 'vuestros memoriales' (your memorabilia/maxims) and French 'votre mémoire' suggest inherited lore or dicta. This rare usage extends the noun from things remembered to things worth remembering—or, in Job's bitter irony, decidedly not. 1×
AR["تَذْكَارَاتُكُمْ"]·ben["তোমাদের-স্মৃতি"]·DE["Gedenken"]·EN["proverbs-your"]·FR["votre-mémoire-vous"]·heb["זיכרוניכם"]·HI["तुम्हारी-यादें"]·ID["Peringatan-peringatanmu"]·IT["proverbs-your-vostro"]·jav["pangeling-eling-panjenengan"]·KO["너희의-기억들-은"]·PT["Vossas-memórias"]·RU["памятки-ваши"]·ES["Vuestros-memoriales"]·SW["methali-zenu"]·TR["anılarınız"]·urd["تمہارے-یادگاری-کہاوتیں"]
Related Senses
H3045 1. Qal: to know, perceive, understand (829×)H5315 1. soul, inner being (647×)H3820a 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (572×)H4672 1. Qal: find, discover (289×)G1492 1. know facts or truths (285×)H3824 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (250×)H1245 1. seek, search for (200×)G1097 1. know, be acquainted with (196×)H2142 1. Qal: remember, recall (173×)G2588 1. heart (inner self, mind, will) (158×)H0977 1. choose, select (Qal active) (145×)G2147 1. find, discover (144×)G5590 1. soul, inner self (100×)H4672 2. Niphal: be found, be discovered (99×)H1875 1. seek, search for (96×)H5315 2. life, vitality (94×)H1847 1. knowledge, discernment (90×)H2450 1. wise, prudent (84×)H7911 1. Qal: to forget (83×)H3684 1. fool, dullard (70×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† זִכָּרוֹן, זִכָּרֹן 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;— 1. memorial, reminder: a. memorial-day Ex 12:14 (P). b. memorial-usage Ex 13:9 (JE). c. memorial-objects, altar-plates Nu 17:5 (P); stones in Jordan Jos…