מֶרְכָּב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4817

chariot — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

chariot tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מֶרְכָּב²: n.m. chariot, riding-seat tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Lv 15, 9 chariot, riding-seat (proposes riding-place);— chariot (= foll.), sf. סוּסִים לְמֶרְכָּבוֹ 1 K 5:6. abs. מ׳, prob. saddle Lv 15:9 (P). מֶרְכָּבוֹ seat of litter Ct 3:10.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: chariotry (1); saddle (1); seat (1).

In the verses

Leviticus 15:9 · tree →

וְכָל־הַמֶּרְכָּ֗ב אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִרְכַּ֥ב עָלָ֛יו הַזָּ֖ב יִטְמָֽא׃

Word for word: and every (the) saddle which he.will.ride on it the.[one] discharging it.will.be.unclean

JPS 1917: And what saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean.

1 Kings 5:6 · tree →

וַיְהִ֣י לִשְׁלֹמֹ֗ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף אֻרְוֺ֥ת סוּסִ֖ים לְמֶרְכָּב֑וֹ וּשְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף פָּרָשִֽׁים׃

Word for word: and it.belonged to Solomon forty thousand stalls of.horses for chariotry his and two.plus ten thousand horsemen

JPS 1917: And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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