# zikhronot (זִכְרוֹנוֹת)

pronounced: zikh-ro-NOT


**Remembrances — the Rosh HaShanah liturgical section that appeals to God's covenant memory**

## In Scripture

> God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.
> — Genesis 8:1 (Root component — when God remembers Noah, He acts and the waters begin to recede; biblical remembrance is covenant action.)

> God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
> — Exodus 2:24 (Root component — God remembers His covenant with the patriarchs and turns toward Israel’s groaning.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/zikhronot/