A memorial or remembrance names what calls something to mind or the record by which it is remembered. Exodus appoints Passover as a memorial of the Lord's deliverance, and the priestly shoulder stones bear the names of Israel's sons before the Lord.
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A memorial or remembrance names what calls something to mind or the record by which it is remembered. Exodus appoints Passover as a memorial of the LORD's deliverance, and the priestly shoulder stones bear the names of Israel's sons before the LORD.
The BSB source-word alignment has 24 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a memorial (3), as a memorial (3), as a reminder (2), as memorial (2), of memorial (2).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 12:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (8), Numbers (5), Ecclesiastes (3), Esther (1).
A memorial or remembrance names what calls something to mind or the record by which it is remembered. Exodus appoints Passover as a memorial of the Lord's deliverance, and the priestly shoulder stones bear the names of Israel's sons before the Lord. Esther describes a record whose reading brings Mordecai's service to the king's attention. Malachi speaks of a book of remembrance concerning those who fear the Lord.
Ecclesiastes observes the passing of human remembrance, while Job calls his friends' reminders or maxims proverbs of ashes. These uses do not share one ritual purpose. A memorial can serve faithful remembering, but the noun does not make every remembered claim true or every object spiritually powerful. Teach the event, persons and response named in the passage without accusing people whose memories are limited by age, illness or trauma.
An appointed deliverance memorial, priestly names, a royal record, divine remembrance and fragile or disputed human memory require separate explanation. Remembered content must be identified before its value is assessed.
And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the Lord, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
The appointed memorial day belongs to the Lord's deliverance and the stated Passover observance for Israel.
Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the Lord.
The engraved shoulder stones carry the sons' names as memorial stones before the Lord in Aaron's priestly service.
That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
The king's reading of the record brings Mordecai's unrewarded service into the following question and response.
There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
The observation about fading remembrance belongs to the chapter's account of human generations and repeated activity.
At that time those who feared the Lord spoke with one another, and the Lord listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the Lord and honored His name.
A book of remembrance is described for those who fear the Lord amid the chapter's disputed claims about serving God.
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
Job calls his friends' maxims proverbs of ashes while rejecting their defense and asking to speak.
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Hebrew word. Something preserved to prompt remembrance; active memorial rather than passive memory object
Something preserved to prompt remembrance; active memorial rather than passive memory object
a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing) BDB: memorial Usage: memorial, record.
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
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Remembering is attached to particular content in these witnesses. Exodus gives Israel an appointed memorial of deliverance, and Aaron carries the engraved names of Israel's sons in his stated service. Esther's royal record reveals a neglected action and prompts inquiry about its recognition. Malachi contrasts cynical speech with those who fear the Lord and describes their remembrance before Him.
Ecclesiastes speaks honestly about how generations pass from human memory. Job challenges reminders that have failed to answer his suffering truthfully. Teach the remembered event or claim rather than the noun as a promise that every tradition is right. A congregation can preserve truthful accounts and remember neglected people while acknowledging human limitations.
Neither a cherished object nor an impressive record can replace examining what it says, and a person's difficulty remembering must not become a spiritual accusation.
Exod.12.14
This remembrance noun is distinct from the verb meaning remember and takes its purpose from the surrounding construction. Twenty-four tagged BSB tokens in twenty-two verses remain separate from the retained canonical count of twenty-four; no root connection makes every memorial an identical rite.
Luke 22:14-30 places remembrance in Jesus' words at the meal, and 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 joins the meal's proclamation to examination and care for a divided congregation. These stated instructions govern their practice; the Hebrew noun alone cannot prescribe every later memorial or excuse humiliating those with little.