STRONGS NUMBER H2146

H2146. zikkaron

זִכָּרֹן זִכָּרוֺן,‎ noun masculine^{Ecclesiastes 1:11} memorial, remembrance (compare Lg^{BN 199, 200}) — absolute זִכָּרוֺן‎ Joshua 4:7 +; זִכָּרֹן‎ Exodus 28:12 (twice in verse); 28:29; construct זִכְרוֺן‎ Ecclesiastes 1:11 2t.; suffix זִכְרוֺנֵךְ‎ Isaiah 57:8; plural הַזִּכְרֹנוֺת‎ Esther 6:1; suffix זִכְרֹנֵיכֶם‎ Job 13:12; —

1 memorial, reminder:

a. memorial-day Exodus 12:14 (P).

b. memorial-usage Exodus 13:9 (JE).

c. memorial-objects, altar-plates Numbers 17:5 (P); stones in Jordan Joshua 4:7 (JE); crowns in temple Zechariah 6:14; ׳ז‎ in Isaiah 57:8 is symbol of strange god (Di), or perhaps phallus-image, as sign of harlot (Che), compare > Du (who proposes זְכָרוֺן‎, from זָכָר‎).

d. memorial-record; in a book Exodus 17:14 (E); compare זִכָּרוֺן סֵפֶר‎ Malachi 3:16, ׳ס הימים דברי הַזִּכְרֹנות‎ Esther 6:1; memorial, as proof of citizenship Nehemiah 2:20 ("" צְדָקָה חֵלֶק,‎); reminder of Israel, י ׳לִפְנֵי‎, of הַכִּמֻּרִים כֶּסֶף‎ Exodus 30:16; spoils of war Numbers 31:54; inscribed stones of ephod Exodus 28:12, 29, called ז ׳אַבְנֵי‎ 28:12 = 39:7; blowing of trumpets Numbers 10:10 (foregoing all P), compare תְּרוּעַה זִכְרוֺן‎ Leviticus 23:24 (H; where, however, no י ׳לפני‎, see Di); (ה)זכרון מִנְחַת‎ Numbers 5:15, 18 (P); memorial-sentence, apophthegm Job 13:12. **אֵפֶר מִשְׁלֵיֿ זִכְרֹנֵיכֶם‎ 13:12 your memorial words are ashen sayings (i.e. worthless), compare Bu Du; Margolis (privately) suggests that ᵐ5‎ seems to have read לְאֵפֶר יִמָּשֵׁל‎ [? < רָנְּכֶם‎] רָנְיְכֶם‎ your exultation shall be like ashes.

2 remembrance Ecclesiastes 1:11 (construct before preposition Ges^{§ 130}, 1), 1:11; 2:16.