Leviticus 23:24:12Lev.23.24.W12TAB
זִכְר֥וֹן
zikhron
“memorial”
- Transliteration
- zikh-RON
- Extended
- zikh-ROHN
- IPA
- /zixˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- memorial
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
zikh-RON
- phraseyour reading level
zikh-RON teh-roo-AH
- clause
ba-KHO-desh hah-she-vee-EE be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh yih-YE la-KHEM sha-ba-TON zikh-RON teh-roo-AH mik-ra-KOH-desh
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEE yis-ra-EL leh-MOR ba-KHO-desh hah-she-vee-EE be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh yih-YE la-KHEM sha-ba-TON zikh-RON teh-roo-AH mik-ra-KOH-desh
Exegesis
The impersonal clause yihyēh lakhem {יִהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ | yihyēh lakhem} ‘there shall be for you’ introduces the ritual elements šabbāṭōn {שַׁבָּת֔וֹן | šabbāṭōn} ‘sabbath observance’, ziḵrōn tərûʿā {זִכְר֥וֹן תְּרוּעָ֖ה | ziḵrōn tərûʿā} ‘memorial of trumpet blast’, and miqrāʾ-qōdeš {מִקְרָא־קֹֽדֶשׁ | miqrāʾ-qōdeš} ‘holy convocation’. This triadic parallelism links rest, remembrance, and communal gathering, reflecting Hebrew asyndeton and reinforcing the theological significance of set-apart time.
Root and etymology
ז־כ־ר
“to remember; recall”
In context — Leviticus 23:24
Speak to the sons of Israel and say: In the seventh month, on the first of the month, there shall be for you a sabbath observance, a memorial of trumpet blast, and a holy convocation .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:24:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 23:24, so the Hebrew word זִכְר֥וֹן (zikhron) 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 Lev.23.24.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.24.W12.S1) and character.