zikh.ron denotes a lasting commemorative marker, rite, or record that keeps a person, event, or matter before notice.

The word most often marks objects, offerings, ceremonies, or observances set up to preserve notice of people or events, often before the LORD. It also occurs for a written record or for the continued remembrance—or lack of remembrance—of persons and sayings.

1. Commemorative object, offering, or observance · dominant

   In Exodus 13:9 the singular absolute form is paired with a sign on the hand and placed between the eyes; the APB renders the clause “for a sign on your hand and for a memorial between your eyes.” In Exodus 28:12 and Exodus 28:29, stones and the names carried by Aaron are described in relation to remembrance before the LORD, while Numbers 10:10 places trumpet-blowing over offerings before God. Joshua 4:7 similarly identifies stones connected with the Jordan crossing as a continuing marker for the sons of Israel.

   Exodus 13:9Exodus 28:12Exodus 28:29Numbers 10:10Joshua 4:7Numbers 5:15
2. Written record or enduring remembrance · common

   In Ecclesiastes 1:11 and Ecclesiastes 2:16, the construct singular occurs in statements that earlier people, and even the wise and the fool, do not retain lasting remembrance. Esther 6:1 uses the plural absolute in the phrase the APB renders “the scroll of the memorial records of the days,” and Malachi 3:16 describes a book written before the LORD for those who fear him. Nehemiah 2:20 places the term alongside having no portion or right in Jerusalem.

   Ecclesiastes 1:11Ecclesiastes 2:16Esther 6:1Malachi 3:16Nehemiah 2:20Job 13:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “memorial” for objects, days, offerings, and stones, and uses “memorial records” and “book of remembrance” where a written record is in view. Its wording cannot by itself isolate the term’s contribution in every verse, including Numbers 17:5.