Numbers 16:40:1Num.16.40.W1TABWLC Numbers 17:5

זִכָּרוֹן

zikkaron

a memorial

Transliteration
zik-ka-RON
Extended
zihk-kah-ROHN
IPA
/zik.kaˈroːn/

Meaning by language

English
a memorial

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
זִכ + כָּ + רוֹן
zik + ka + ron
zikkaron

Alphabet Analysis

Zayinz as in zero
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    zik-ka-RON

  2. sentence

    zik-ka-RON liv-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MA-an a-SHER lo-yik-RAV ISH ZAR a-SHER lo-miz-ZE-ra a-ha-RON HU le-hak-TIR ke-to-RET lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ve-lo-yih-YE ke-KO-rakh ve-ka-a-da-TO ka-a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-Mo-sheh LO

Exegesis

The verse opens with the noun lezikaron {לְזִכָּרוֹן | lə-zik-kā-rōn} ‘for a memorial’, establishing an enduring reminder.

Root and etymology

z-k-rzayin–kaf–resh

to remember, memorial

In contextNumbers 16:40

As a memorial for the sons of Israel, so that no outsider who is not of Aaron’s seed may approach to offer incense before the LORD and thus become like Korah and his assembly, as the LORD said by the hand of Moses.

About this coordinate

Numbers 16:40:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:40, so the Hebrew word זִכָּרוֹן (zikkaron) 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 Num.16.40.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.40.W1.S1) and character.