Exodus 20:8:1Exod.20.8.W1TAB
זָכ֛וֹר֩
zakhor
“remember”
- Transliteration
- za-KHOR
- Extended
- zah-KHOHR
- IPA
- /zaː.ˈxoːr/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
za-KHOR
- sentence
za-KHOR et-YOM ha-sha-BAT le-kad-de-SHO
Exegesis
The command begins with the fronted imperative zakhor {זָכ֛וֹר | zā-ḵôr} ‘remember’ to give it rhetorical force.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–kaph–resh
“to remember, call to mind”
In context — Exodus 20:8
Remember the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 20:8, so the Hebrew word זָכ֛וֹר֩ (zakhor) 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.20.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.8.W1.S1) and character.