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רֶ֫כֶב noun masculine 2Kgs 13:7 [even Nah 2:5, where read מַרְאֵיהֶם (for הֶן-) We Now AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 90] chariotry, chariot, mill-stone; apparently also riders (compare LagBN 151 ); — absolute ׳ ר Gen 50:9 +, רָ֑כֶב 2Sam 8:4 +; construct דֶכֶב Exod 14:9 +; suffix דִכְבִּי Judg 4:7 +, רִכְבּוֺ 2Kgs 5:9 +, דִכְבָּהּ Nah 2:14 plural construct רִכְבֵי Song 1:9 — Hos 10:13 see below; —
1.109 collective chariotry, chariots [sometimes of specific no.
2Kgs 13:7; 2Sam 8:4; Exod 14:7 etc.;
often + פָּרָשִׁים, (ים) סוּס], especially war-chariots : in
Egypt Exod 14:7 (
J
), Josh 24:6
(
E
) +; early Canaan Josh 11:4; Judg 4:7; Judg 4:13; Judg 5:28 (not singular; || מַרְכְּבוֺתָיו) +, called
כַּרְוֶל
׳
ר (i.e. iron-bound, or studded, compare GFM
Judg 1:2 19 and
references
), Josh 17:16; Josh 17:18; Judg 1:19; Judg 4:3; Judg 4:13 ; Philistine, according to 1Sam 13:5; 2Sam 1:6 Aram 2Sam 8:4; 2Sam 10:18 +; Judah and Israel (from David's time,
compare 2Sam 8:4)
1Kgs 9:19; 1Kgs 9:22; 1Kgs 10:26 +,
read also בְּרִכְבְּךָ
Hos 10:13 (for
בְּדַרְכְּךָ)
ᵐ5
B
We
Now
GASm; Assyria 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24; Nah 2:4; Nah 2:5; Nah 2:14 (to be burnt; made mainly of wood); Babylon
Jer 47:3 (on title
Jer 47:1, see
Gf
Gie), Jer 50:37; Jer 51:21; Ezek 23:24 +, etc.; for dignity and display 1Kgs 1:5; 2Kgs 5:9; Jer 17:25; Jer 22:4; Isa 66:20,
compare Gen 50:9 (
J
), (compare also 1Kgs 9:19; 1Kgs 9:22; 1Kgs 10:26, etc.); figurative of Elijah, יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפָרָשׁיו
׳
ר
2Kgs 2:12, of
elisha 2Kgs 13:14
רֶכֶב אֵשׁ
2Kgs 2:11
chariotry of fire (at Elijah's translation); אֵל
׳
ר
Ps 68:18
chariots of El, i.e. his heavenly host, compare vision 2Kgs 6:17, and also 2Kgs 7:6
׳
ר meton, for chariot-horses
2Sam 8:4 = 1Chr 18:4.
2. of single chariot 1Kgs 22:35; 1Kgs 22:38; 2Kgs 9:21 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 9:24; 2Kgs 10:16; 2Chr 35:24, probably also Exod 14:6 plural
רִכְבֵי פַרְעֹה
Song 1:9.
3.
upper millstone (as riding on the lower) Deut 24:6; Judg 9:53; 2Sam 11:21.
4. apparently = riders (collective), troop (of riders):
שְׁנֵי
רֶכֶב סוּסִים
2Kgs 7:14
read perhaps רֹכְבֵי, compare ᵐ5 and 2Kgs 9:16 Bur.; two riders of
horses, horsemen (ro two chariots drawn by horses ?); in following text
dubious: גָּמֶל
׳
חֲמוֺר ר
׳
צֶמֶד פָרָשִׁים ר
׳
ד
Isa 21:7
riders, namely a pair of horsemen, ass-riders, camel-rides; compare
אִישׁ צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים
׳
ר Isa
21:9 i.e. men riding, a pair of horsemen; אָדָם פָּרָשִׁים
׳
בְּד
Isa 22:6
with riders (consisting of) men, horsemen, but use of אָדָם
very improbable; attractive is with chariotry of (drawn by) steeds
(׳
א as gloss) Du
CheHpt
Di-Kit but ׳
פ hardly steeds here (compare ׳
פ
horsemen, Isa 22:7); read perhaps simply ׳
וּפ
׳
בְּר.