מֶרְכָּבָה

מֶרְכָּבָה noun feminine chariot; — absolute ׳מ Dom 4,13 +, construct מִרְכֶּ֫בֶת 1 Mos 41,43 suffix מֶרְבַּבְתּוֺ 1 Mos 46,29 +; plural מַרְכָּבוֺת Zak 6,1 +; construct מַרְכְּבוֺת 2 Kong 23,11 +, בֹת- 2 Mos 15,4 suffix מַרְכְּבֹתֶיךָ Mik 5,10; Hab 3,8, etc.; — chariot (often || סוּס(יםׅ, 1 Sam 8,11 פָרָשִׁים): especially war-chariot, Egyptian, 2 Mos 14,25 (J), 2 Mos 15,4 (song), 2 Kron 14,8 from Muƒri in North Syria (according to Wkl, see מצרים near the end, compare Kit^{1 Kong 10,1–200. 28} Benz^ib.) 1 Kong 10,29 = 2 Kron 1,17 Can., Jos 11,6; Jos 11,9 (JE), Dom 4,15 (|| רֶכֶב), Dom 5,28 (|| id.); Assyria, Es 2,7; Nah 3,2 foe from north Jer 4,13, nations in general Hag 2,22 Israel and Judah 1 Kong 20,33; 1 Kong 22,35 = 2 Kron 18,34; 2 Kong 9,27; 2 Kong 10,15; 2 Kron 35,24; Mik 5,10 figurative of ׳י's chariots Es 66,15; Hab 3,8, compare (in vision) Zak 6,1; Zak 6,2 (twice in verse); Zak 6,3 (twice in verse); ׳מ for dignity and display 1 Mos 41,43 (E), 1 Mos 46,29 (J), 1 Sam 8,11 (twice in verse); 2 Sam 15,1; 2 Kong 5,21; 2 Kong 5,26, מַדְכְּבוֺת בְּבוֺדֶ֑ךָ Es 22,18 (iron.); used in flight 2 Kong 23,11 (idolatrous); ׳הַמּ הַכְּרוּבִים (read ׳מִדְכֶּבֶת הַכּ, ᵐ5 Benz) 1 Kron 28,18 (on this conception of cherubin in temple see Benz); ׳מ in similes: ׳כְּמַעֲשֵׂה אוֺפַן הַמּ 1 Kong 7,33, ׳בְּקוֺל מ Joel 2,3 on the obscure עַמִּי נָדִיב ׳מַר Hoj 6,12 chariots of my people, a prince (?) see especially Bu.