זָכַר

vb. remember (Assyrian zikâru, name, mention, cf. n. zikru, Hptin KAT2Gloss. i LyonSarg; Zinj. זכר, Arabic ذَكَرَ, Aramaic דְּכַר, ܕܟܰܪ, Palm. דרכנא monument, VogNo. 36 b, דכיר memorial, VogNo. 62, Sab. in n.pr. ידֿכראל DHMEpigr. Denkm. 43, but Ethiopic ዘከረ )— Pf. 3 ms. ז׳ Gn 40:23 +; 3 fs. זָֽכְרָה La 1:7, 9; 2 ms. וְזָכַרְתָּ֫ Dt 5:15 +; sf. זְכַרְתַּנִי Gn 40:14 cf. 1 S 1:11, זְכַרְתָּם ψ 86:6; 2 fs. זָכַרְתְּ Is 47:7; 57:11 cf. 17:10 + Ez 16:22, 43 Qr (both Kt זכרתי), וְזָכַרְתְּ consec. Ez 16:61; 3 pl. זָֽכְרוּ Ju 8:34 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִזְכֹּר Ho 8:13 +; יִזְכָּר־ 2 S 14:11 Pr 31:7; וַיִּזְכֹּר Gn 8:1 +; sf. וַיִּזְכְּרֶהָ 1 S 1:19; 2 fs. תִּזְכְּרִי Is 54:4 + 2 times; 1 s. אֶזְכֹּר Lv 26:42(×2) Is 43:25 (ψ 77:12 Qr v. infra), אֶזְכָּר־ Je 31:34, וָאֶזְכֹּר Ex 6:5; sf. 2 ms. אֶזְכָּרְךָ ψ 42:7, sf. 2 fs. אֶזְכְּרֵכִי ψ 137:6 (v. Ges§ 58, 3, R, 1 Sta§§ 356, a, 2, 634 a, 2), etc.; Imv. ms. זְכֹר Ex 32:13 +; זְכָר־ ψ 25:7 +; זָכְרָה Ne 6:14 +; sf. זָכְרֵנִי Ju 16:28 + 2 times; mpl. זִכְרוּ Is 46:9 +, זְכֹ֑רוּ Ne 4:8; Inf. abs. זָכוֹר Ex 13:3 +; זָכֹר Je 31:30 +; cstr. לִזְכֹּר Gn 9:16 Ez 23:19, etc.; sf. כְּזָכְרֵנִי ψ 137:1; Pt. act. pl. cstr. וּלְזֹכְרֵי ψ 103:18; זָכוּר ψ 103:14 v. infr.— human subj. remember, recall, call to mind, usually as affecting present feeling, thought, or action: remember past experiences (acc.) Gn 42:9 (E), 2 K 9:25 absol. imv. זְכֹר; sq. cl. with מִי Jb 4:7; things formerly known (acc.) Je 17:2; sq. cl. with כִּי Ju 9:2; with implied regret, longing Nu 11:5 (JE), ψ 42:5; 137:1 La 1:7 cf. ψ 77:7, neg. 137:6 (‖ שׁכח v 5); †so (sq. בְּ) Je 3:16 (‖ עלה על לב and פקד). recall past distress, etc.; obj. not expressed, La 3:20 (זכור זכר), Jb 11:16 (שׁכה in ‖ cl.); neg., sq. acc. Is 54:4 (‖ שׁכח), Pr 31:7 (‖ id.). remember sins, (1) to repent of them Dt 9:7 (+ אל־תשׁכח, sq. cl. with את־אשׁר), elsewhere only Ezek., usually c. acc. Ez 16:61 (+ וְנִכְלַמְתְּ), v 63 (obj. not expressed), 20:43; 36:21; (2) to renew and repeat them Ez 23:19, neg. v 27. especially remember the dealings of י׳, expressed in great variety of terms in acc., Dt 7:18; 8:2; 24:9; 32:7 (‖ בין), Is 46:9; 63:11 ψ 77:12 Qr (Kt Hiph. q.v.) v 12; 105:5; 143:5 (‖ הגיתי, אֲשׂוֹחֵחַ) 1 Ch 16:12; negatively, Is 43:18 (‖ אַל תִּתְבֹּנָ֑נוּ), Ez 16:22, 43 ψ 78:42; 106:7 Ne 9:17 (‖ וַיְמָאֲנוּ לִשְׁמֹעַ); obj. cl. with כִּי especially D, Dt 5:15; 15:15; 16:12; 24:18, 22 ψ 78:35. remember persons (human subj.), to their advantage:—sq. acc. Gn 40:14 (E), v 23 (E; neg., ‖ שׁבח), 1 S 25:31. to make use of them (acc.) Na 2:6. their acts (acc.), to their advantage 2 Ch 24:22, to their disadvantage 2 S 19:20 (neg.); to take vengeance Dt 25:17. remember human obligations, acc. rei: בְּרִית אַחִים Am 1:9; cf. perhaps Est 2:1 (acc. pers. and also of deed); neg. Ec 9:15 (acc. pers.), ψ 109:16 (sq. עשׂזת חסד). remember י׳: call him to mind 2 S 14:11 (i.e. recall a specific command of his). recall, and (especially) keep י׳ in mind Dt 8:18 Je 51:50 Is 64:4 (‖ עשׂה צדק), Ez 6:9 Zc 10:9 Jo 2:8 ψ 42:7; 63:7 (‖ אהגה), 77:4 Ne 4:8; negatively Ju 8:34 Is 17:10 (opp. שׁכח), 57:11 (‖ לֹא שַׂמְתְּ עַל־לִבֵּךְ); cf. also ז׳ אֶת־בּוֹרְאֶ֑ךָ Ec 12:1, and (no obj. expressed) ψ 22:28 (+ וישׁובו אל י׳); remember י׳’s name ψ 119:55. remember: words of Moses Jos 1:13 (D) Mal 3:22; י׳’s instructions through prophet Is 44:21; 46:48 (‖ השׁיבו על לב), also Mi 6:5 (sq. cl. with מה). commandments of י׳ (so as to do them) Nu 15:39 (P, or H), v 40 (P; + ועשׂיתם), ψ 103:18 (+ לעשׂותם), 119:52 (משׁפטים); his covenant 1 Ch 16:15. think of or on, call to mind something present or future;—sq. acc., issue of conduct Is 47:7, La 1:9 (end of Jerusalem); fight with crocodile Jb 40:32; obj. a general truth, prosperity of wicked Jb 21:6 (obj. not expr.); (fleeting) days of life Ec 5:19; (coming) days of darkness, 11:8; a duty Jb 36:24 (sq. cl. with כִּי). remember a day, to observe, commemorate it:—day of Exodus Ex 13:3 (J) Dt 16:3; sabbath Ex 20:8 (E; ‖ שׂמר Dt 5:12). remember, with implied mention of, obj. י׳ Je 20:9 (‖ דִּבֶּר בִּשְׁמוֹ); מַשָּׂא י׳ 23:36. Subj. י׳ (אלהים). remember persons: individuals, with kindness, granting requests, protecting, delivering etc., c. acc. pers., Gn 30:22 (E), 1 S 1:11 (opp. שׁכח), v 19, Ju 16:28 (sq. וְחַזְּקֵנִי); Je 15:15 (‖ פָּקְדֵנִי), ψ 106:4 (‖ id.), Jb 14:13 (+ תשׁית לי חק), also Gn 8:1 (P), 19:29 (P); neg. ψ 88:6 (‖ מידך נִגְזָר֑וּ); sq. לְ pers. ψ 25:7 (yet cf. Che); sq. acc. rei + לְ pers. (dat. commod.) Ne 5:19; 13:14, 22, 31. individuals, to punish, sq. לְ pers. Ne 6:14; 13:29. his servants, people, the afflicted, (graciously) sq. לְ Ex 32:13 (JE), Dt 9:27 ψ 136:23; sq. acc. ψ 9:13 (opp. שׁכח), 74:2; 115:12 (sq. יְבָרֵךְ); cf. Je 31:20 (זכור זכר). his land Lv 26:42 (H), and neg. La 2:1 (his footstool). mankind ψ 8:5 (‖ פקד). remember the distress of his servants, La 3:19 (sq. cl. with מה), 5:1 (‖ הַבִּיטָ֯ וּרְאֵה). their devotion, acc., ψ 20:4 Je 2:2 (+ לְ pers.), ψ 132:1 (+ id.); sq. cl. with את אשׁר 2 K 20:3 = Is 38:3. their intercession Je 18:20 (sq. inf. c. sf.) remember his own covenant (with them), acc., Gn 9:15, 16 Ex 2:24: 6:25 (all P), Lv 26:42(×2) (H, as also) v 45 (+ לְ pers.); Je 14:21 (+ אַל־תָּפֵר), Ez 16:60 ψ 105:8, cf. v 42 (obj. דְּבַר קָדְשׁוֹ), and 119:49 Ne 1:8, ψ 106:45 (+ לְ pers.), 111:5. his mercy, etc., acc., ψ 25:6; 98:3 2 Ch 6:42 (ל); also Hb 3:2. extenuating circumstances, sq. cl. with בִּי, Jb 7:7; 10:9 ψ 78:39; 103:14 (זָכוּר bethinketh him, Che, cf. De Kö§ 20, 14 BaNB 175); also ψ 89:48 (sq. אֲנִי + epex. cl. with מה). remember sins, idolatries etc., sq. acc., Ho 7:2; 8:13 (‖ פקד), 9:9 (‖ id.), Je 14:10 (‖ id.); neg. Je 44:21 (‖ עלה על לבו), Is 43:25; 64:8 ψ 25:7; 79:8 (+ לְ pers.); sq. לְ Je 31:34; also (obj. reproach) ψ 74:18, 22; 89:51; and (obj. day of Jerusalem) ψ 137:7 (+ לִבְנֵי אֱדוֹם, i.e. against them). Pf. 2 mpl. consec. וְנִזְכַּרְתֶּם Nu 10:9; Impf. 3 ms. יִזָּכֵר Je 11:19 +; 3 fs. תִּזָּכֵר Ez 25:10, (תִּזָּכָר Ex 34:19 read הַזָּכָר v. זָכָר); 2 fs. תִּזָּכֵ֑רִי Is 23:16 Ez 21:37; 3 mpl. יִזָּֽכְדוּ Ho 2:19 +; 3 fpl. תִּזָּכַרְנָה Is 65:17 +; תִּזָּכַרְןָ Ez 3:20; Inf. cstr. sf. הִזָּכֶרְכֶם Ez 21:29 (om. 𝔖 Co); Pt. pl. נִזְכָּרִים Est 9:28.— be brought to remembrance, remembered, thought of, usually c. neg.:— in general, subj. Baalim Ho 2:19 (+ בִּשְׁמָם), cf. Zc 13:2 (‖ אכרית); former heaven and earth Is 65:17 (‖ עלה על לב); (wicked) dead Jb 24:20 (‖ ישׁכחהו v a); coral (not to be thought of [others, be mentioned] in comparison with wisdom) Jb 28:18; of attention paid to Tyre under fig. of harlot Is 23:16 (opp. נשׁכחה). brought to י׳’s remembrance, subj. the people, (1) with gracious result Nu 10:9 (P; לפני י׳, ‖ וְנוֹשַׁעְתֶּם); (2) for judgment Ez 21:29 (om. 𝔖 Co). be remembered by י׳, neg. of deeds, as affecting י׳’s judgment, (1) righteous Ez 3:20; 18:24; 33:13 (sq. לְ of advantage, according to Co); (2) wicked 18:22 (sq. לְ, om. A B 𝔙 etc., Co) 33:16 (sq. לְ). be remembered אֶל־י׳ ψ 109:14 (‖ אַל־תִּמָּ֑ח). neg. be not remembered = no longer exist, of name of Israel, as nation Je 11:19 (‖ נכרת), ψ 83:5 (‖ נַכְחִידֵם מִגּוֹי); of Ammonites Ez 21:37; 25:10. be remembered, of particular days, in order to be observed, commemorated, Est 9:28 (sq. וְנַעֲשִׂים observe, celebrate). Pf. 3 ms. הִזְכִּיר Is 49:1; 2 ms. sf. 1 s. זְהִזְכַּרְתַּנִי consec. Gn 40:14; Impf. 3 ms. יַזְכִּיר Is 19:17; 1 s. אַזְכִּיר Ex 20:24 +, etc.; Imv. ms. sf. 1 s. הַזְכִּירֵנִי Is 43:26; mpl. הַזְכִּירוּ Is 12:4 Je 4:16; Inf. cstr. (ל)הַזְכִּיר 2 S 18:18 +; sf. 3 ms. כְּהַזְכִּירוֹ 1 S 4:18; sf. 2 mpl. הַזְכַּרְכֶם Ez 21:29 (cf. Sta§ 245 Kö§ 29, 11); Pt. מַזְכִּיר Gn 41:9 +, etc.; fs. מַזְכֶּרֶת Nu 5:15;— cause to remember, remind, c. acc. pers. Is 43:26. cause to be remembered, keep in remembrance, c. acc. rei, a person’s name 2 S 18:18 ψ 45:18; of י׳, causing his name to be remembered, by some token, Ex 20:24 (JE). mention, sq. acc. pers. Gn 40:14 (E; sq. אֶל־ pers.), י׳, = call upon Is 62:6, name of י׳ 26:13; 48:1; also on name of other gods, neg., Ex 23:13 (JE; ‖ יִשָּׁמַע); sq. בְּשֵׁם Am 6:10, cf. ψ 20:8 (De Che al. boast of, praise, 𝔊 μεγαλυνθησόμεθα, whence Hup Bae proposes נַגְבִּיר = we display strength), neg. Jos 23:7 (D; ‖ ולא תשׁביעו), so באלהי ישׂראל Is 48:1 (‖ הַנִּשְׁבָּעִים בְּשֵׁם). sq. acc. rei: faults Gn 41:9 (E), the ark 1 S 4:18, land of Judah Is 19:17, Rahab (= Egypt) ψ 87:4, works of י׳ ψ 77:12 (Kt, Qr Qal q.v.), his righteousness ψ 71:16, lovingkindness, Is 63:7; human love Ct 1:4; also in technical sense, apparently = accuse before God, always sq. עָוֹן, 1 K 17:18 Nu 5:15 (P) Ez 21:28 v 29 (sq. בְּהִגָּלוֹת פִּשְׁעֵיכֶם), 29:16. sq. cl., with כִּי Is 12:4; no conjunction Je 4:16 (לְ indir. obj.; ‖ הַשְׁמיעו). abs. commemorate, praise 1 Ch 16:4 (לְהַז׳, appar. Levitical function, sq. ולהודות ולהלל ליהוה), so perhaps also לְהַזְכִּיר in titles ψ 38:1; 70:1 (others sub 5). record, only pt. מַזְכִּיר as subst. (title of public officer) = recorder Rather, probably, the (king’s) reminder, who brought important business to his notice: cf. EwGesch. iii. 365, H. iii. 267 Ke 2 S 8:16 BenzArch. 310 NowArch. i. 308 Kit 1 K 4:3. 2 S 8:16; 20:24 1 K 4:3 2 K 18:18, 37 = Is 36:3, 22, 1 Ch 18:15 2 Ch 34:8. of sacrifice, make a memorial, i.e. offer an אַזְכָּרָה q.v.; sq. לְבֹנָה Is 66:3.—JPPetersJBL, 1893, xii, 58 reads אַזְכִּרָה ψ 42:5 (v. Qal I. 1), ‘let me make my azkara, and pour out libation for (עֲלֵי) my life.’