Exodus 13:3:4Exod.13.3.W4TAB
זָכ֞וֹר
zahkhor
“remember”
- Transliteration
- zah-KHOR
- Extended
- zah-KHOHR
- IPA
- /zaˈxoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- remember
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
zah-KHOR
- clause
va-YO-mer mo-SHEH el-ha-AM zah-KHOR et-ha-YOM ha-ZEH a-SHER ye-tsa-TEM mi-mits-ra-YIM mi-BEIT a-va-DEEM KI be-KHO-zek YAD ho-TSI Ye-ho-VAH et-KHEM mi-ZEH
- sentence
va-YO-mer mo-SHEH el-ha-AM zah-KHOR et-ha-YOM ha-ZEH a-SHER ye-tsa-TEM mi-mits-ra-YIM mi-BEIT a-va-DEEM KI be-KHO-zek YAD ho-TSI Ye-ho-VAH et-KHEM mi-ZEH ve-LO ye-a-KHEL khah-METS
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʾel-hā-ʿām {אֶל־הָעָ֗ם | ʾel-hā-ʿām} identifies the audience for the imperative zakhor {זָכ֞וֹר | zā-khôr} ‘remember’, followed by the direct object marker ʾēṯ {אֵ֫ת | ʾēṯ} introducing the temporal phrase ha-yôm ha-zéh {הַיּ֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ | ha-yôm ha-zéh} ‘this day’.
Root and etymology
z-k-rzayin–kaph–resh
“to remember”
In context — Exodus 13:3
Moses said to the people, “Remember this day—the day you came out from Egypt, from the house of slaves—for by a strong hand the LORD brought you out from here; therefore you must not eat any leaven.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 13:3, so the Hebrew word זָכ֞וֹר (zahkhor) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.13.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.3.W4.S1) and character.