the Week of Proper 27 / Ordinary 32
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Strong's #2145 - זָכָר
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2121) rkz (זכר ZKR) AC: Remember CO: Male AB: Memorial: A recalling of events of the past or to act upon a past event.
V) rkz (זכר ZKR) - Remember: To remember in thought as a memorial or mention through speech. Also to act or speak on behalf of another. KJV (233): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) remember, mention, remembrance, recorder, mindful, think, record - Strongs: H2142 (זָכַר)
Nm) rkz (זכר ZKR) - I. Memorial:A remembering and action based on a past even. II. Male:The one of the family that remembers and passes down the family history through story and family name. Also the one who acts and speaks for the family. III. Ram:The male member of the flock. [Aramaic only] [df: rkd] KJV (107): male, man, child, mankind, him, ram - Strongs: H1798 (דְּכַר), H2143 (זֶֶכֶר), H2145 (זָכָר)
dm ) rfkz (זכור ZKWR) - Male: The one of the family that remembers and passes down the family history through story and family name. Also the one who acts and speaks for the family. KJV (4): male, man - Strongs: H2138 (זָכוּר)
nf1) erkza (אזכרה AZKRH) - Memorial: A remembering and action based on a past even. KJV (7): memorial - Strongs: H234 (אַזְכָּרָה)
ejm) nfrkiz (זיכרונ ZYKRWN) - I. Memorial:A remembering and action based on a past even. II. Record:To remember something through documentation. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: Nwrkd Nrkd] KJV (27): memorial, remembrance, record - Strongs: H1799 (דִּכְרוֹן), H2146 (זִכָּרוֹן)
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adjective male (Assyrian zikaru, zikru, COT Gloss Lyon Manual, Gloss; Arabic ; Aramaic דִּכְרָא, ; Sabean רם[כ]דֿ DHM ZMG 1876,675; relation to above √ obscure; male as mentioned, talked of, Lane969f.; from assumed original sense be sharp (traces of this in Arabic: see Lane), Bö Prob 207 Fl in ChWB i. 422, compare Arabic male organ; Schw ZAW 1891,176 ff. **(against Schwally's view see JPeritz Woman in the Ancient Hebrew Cult, JBL xvii {1898}, 111ff.) from זָכַר = call upon in worship; hence male as competent to worship) — always absolute ׳ז Genesis 1:27 +; plural (ה)זְכָרִים Exodus 13:12 +; see also [זָכוּר]: —
I. substantive male, offspring of men and animals Exodus 13:12,15 (plural, both J E); opposed to נְקֵבָה Deuteronomy 4:16; specifically 1 of men:
a. in phrase אישׁ לְמִשְׁכַב זָכָר אשׁר לא יָָֽדְעָה Judges 21:12 (Bu RS 153 Dr Intr. 151), compare Judges 21:11, Numbers 31:17,18,35 (all 3 P); צַלְמֵי זָכָר Ezekiel 16:17.
b. alone = man Jeremiah 30:6 (רְאוּ אִםיֹֿלֵד זָכָ֑ר "" גֶּבֶר); usually collective, men, male persons (of all ages) Judges 21:11; 1 Kings 11:15,16; Genesis 34:25; Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 6:22; Leviticus 7:6; Numbers 1:2,20,22; Numbers 3:28,34,39; Numbers 18:10; Numbers 26:62; Numbers 31:7,17 (all P); plural (ה)זכרים 2 Chronicles 31:16; Ezra 8:3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14, so also Joshua 5:4 ("" העם כלֿ, and כלאֿנשׁי המלחמה), Joshua 17:2 (gloss? compare Dr Intr. 104); especially of individual, in connection with circumcision Genesis 17:10,12,14,23; Genesis 34:15,22,24; Exodus 12:48 (all P); of male child Leviticus 12:2 (P) Isaiah 66:7; opposed to נְקֵבָה Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2; Leviticus 12:7 (child) Leviticus 15:33; Leviticus 27:3,5,6,7; Numbers 5:3 (all P; compare Sabean אנתֿים פאו דֿ(כ)רם DHM l.c.); opposed to אִשָּׁה in command ag. sodomy Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13 (both H).
2 of animals, especially for sacrifice Exodus 34:19 (J E; read הַזָּכָר for ᵑ0תִּזָּכָר); Exodus 12:5; Leviticus 1:3,10; Leviticus 4:23 (all P) Leviticus 22:19 (H), Malachi 1:14; opposed to נְקֵבָה Genesis 6:19; Genesis 7:3,9,16; Leviticus 3:1,6 (all P).
II. adjective singular male (only human beings) ׳יֻלַּדלְֿךָ בֵּן ז Jeremiah 20:15; ׳כָּלבְּֿכֹר ז Numbers 3:40,43 (both P).
זָכָר m. a male, as being he through whom the memorial of parents is continued [but see Thes. and Ges. cor. where this reason is omitted], 2 Samuel 8:18. It is used of men, Genesis 1:27, 5:2 17:10, seq.; 34:15, seq.; and of animals also, Genesis 7:3,, 16 Exodus 12:5. Plur. זְכָרִים Ezra 8:4, seq. Compare זָכַר Niphal No. 2, and זָכוּר. (Arab. ذَكَرُ, Syr. ܕܶܟܪܐܳ id., the former is also used to signify membrum virile.) [For the etymology, see added remark on זָכַר.]