אַזְכָּרָה
ʼazkârâh · az-kaw-raw'
a reminder; specifically remembrance-offering
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2142 (זָכַר);
a reminder; specifically remembrance-offering
- a reminder
- specifically, remembrance-offering
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: memorial.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to cut, to sustain › the open hand that covers › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to cut, to sustain of the open hand that covers of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַזְכָּרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the memorial2 · 29%
- even the memorial2 · 29%
- a memorial1 · 14%
- of it, even a memorial1 · 14%
- for a memorial1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.