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Deuteronomy 8:2

“And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

זָכַרzâkar · zaw-kar'
H2142 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
Derivation: a primitive root; also as denominative from H2145 (זָכָר)
KJV renderings: [idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
זָכַרְתָּ֣ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqq2ms
Usage: Occurs 235 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 8:1 Genesis 9:15 Genesis 9:16 Genesis 19:29 Genesis 30:22

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read זָכַר here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.