Yom HaZikaron
/joʊm hɑː zɪkːaˈʁon/noun
Israel’s national Memorial Day commemorating fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism.
Did you know?Yom HaZikaron begins with a one-minute siren and includes a two-minute siren the next day, immediately before Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*yawm-
“Day; a period of daylight or a full day”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
יוֹם (yōm)
“Day; time or a named day”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
זִכָּרוֹן (zikkārōn)
“Remembrance, memorial, or record, from the root ז־כ־ר, “to remember””
20th Century
Modern Hebrew
יוֹם הַזִּכָּרוֹן (Yom HaZikaron)
“The Day of Remembrance, established as Israel’s official memorial day”
Modern English
English
Yom HaZikaron
“The Israeli national Memorial Day observed for fallen soldiers and terror victims”