Lexical Definition

‎מֶרְכָּבָה‎ merkâbâh (mer-kaw-baw') chariot ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎מֶרְכָּב‎

chariot. See also ‎בֵּית הַמַּרְכָּבוֹת‎.

• a chariot

1) chariot

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מֶרְכָּבָה‎ noun feminine chariot; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Judg 4:13 +, construct ‎מִרְכֶּ֫בֶת‎ Gen 41:43 suffix ‎מֶרְבַּבְתּוֺ‎ Gen 46:29 +; plural ‎מַרְכָּבוֺת‎ Zech 6:1 +; construct ‎מַרְכְּבוֺת‎ 2Kgs 23:11 +, ‎בֹת‎- Exod 15:4 suffix ‎מַרְכְּבֹתֶיךָ‎ Mic 5:10*; Hab 3:8, etc.; — chariot (often || ‎סוּס(יםׅ‎, 1Sam 8:11 ‎פָרָשִׁים‎): especially war-chariot, Egyptian, Exod 14:25 (J), Exod 15:4 (song), 2Chr 14:8* from Muƒri in North Syria (according to Wkl, see ‎מצרים‎ near the end, compare Kit^{1Kgs 10. 28} Benz^ib.) 1Kgs 10:29 = 2Chr 1:17 Can., Josh 11:6; Josh 11:9 (JE), Judg 4:15 (|| ‎רֶכֶב‎), Judg 5:28 (|| id.); Assyria, Isa 2:7; Nah 3:2 foe from north Jer 4:13, nations in general Hag 2:22 Israel and Judah 1Kgs 20:33; 1Kgs 22:35 = 2Chr 18:34; 2Kgs 9:27; 2Kgs 10:15; 2Chr 35:24; Mic 5:10* figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s chariots Isa 66:15; Hab 3:8, compare (in vision) Zech 6:1; Zech 6:2 (twice in verse); Zech 6:3 (twice in verse); ‎׳‎‎מ‎ for dignity and display Gen 41:43 (E), Gen 46:29 (J), 1Sam 8:11 (twice in verse); 2Sam 15:1; 2Kgs 5:21; 2Kgs 5:26, ‎מַדְכְּבוֺת בְּבוֺדֶ֑ךָ‎ Isa 22:18 (iron.); used in flight 2Kgs 23:11 (idolatrous); ‎׳‎‎הַמּ‎ ‎הַכְּרוּבִים‎ (read ‎׳‎‎מִדְכֶּבֶת הַכּ‎, ᵐ5 Benz) 1Chr 28:18 (on this conception of cherubin in temple see Benz); ‎׳‎‎מ‎ in similes: ‎׳‎‎כְּמַעֲשֵׂה אוֺפַן הַמּ‎ 1Kgs 7:33, ‎׳‎‎בְּקוֺל מ‎ Joel 2:3 on the obscure ‎עַמִּי נָדִיב‎ ‎׳‎‎מַר‎ Song 6:12 chariots of my people, a prince (?) see especially Bu.

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