--- title: רֶכֶב — chariotry · The Tanakh dictionary description: רֶכֶב (7393), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 119 times: chariotry. BDB 1906: n.m. chariotry, chariot, mill-stone riders. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7393.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512-2.md)‎ / רֶכֶב‎ # רֶכֶב «רֶכֶב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **chariotry** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 119 times · **Key:** 7393 · **BDB:** רֶ֫כֶב ### Glosses chariotry (50); chariot\[s\] (25); the.chariotry (13) ### Meaning (OSHB) chariotry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7393/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. chariotry, chariot, mill-stone riders [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7393/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 K 13, 7 \[even Na 2:5, where read מַרְאֵיהֶם (for -הֶן) We Now AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 90\] chariotry, chariot, mill-stone; appar. also riders (cf. LagBN151);—abs. ר׳ Gn 50:9 +, רָ֑כֶב 2 S 8:4 +; cstr. רֶכֶב Ex 14:9 +; sf. רִכְבִּי Ju 4:7 +, רִכְבּוֹ 2 K 5:9 +, רִכְבָּהּ Na 2:14; pl. cstr. רִכְבֵי Ct 1:9;—Ho 10:13 v. infr.;— 109 coll. chariotry, chariots \[sometimes of specific no. 2 K 13:7; 2 S 8:4; Ex 14:7 etc.; often + פָּרָשִׁים, סוּס(ים)\]. especially war-chariots: in Egypt Ex 14:7 (J), Jos 24:6 (E) +; early Canaan Jos 11:4; Ju 4:7, 13; 5:28 (not sg.; ‖ מַרְכְּבוֹתָיו) +, called ר׳ בַּרְזֶל (i.e. iron-bound, or studded, cf. GFM Ju 1, 19 and reff.), †Jos 17:16, 18; Ju 1:19; 4:3, 13†; Philist., according to 1 S 13:5; 2 S 1:6; Aramaic 8:4; 10:18 +; Judah and Israel (from David’s time, cf. 8:4) 1 K 9:19, 22; 10:26 +, read also בְּרִכְבְּךָ Ho 10:13 (for בְּדַרְכְּךָ) 𝔊A We Now GASm; Assyria 2 K 19:23 = Is 37:24; Na 2:4, 5, 14 (to be burnt; made mainly of wood); Babyl. Je 47:3 (on title v 1, see Gf Gie), 50:37; 51:21 Ez 23:24 +, etc.; for dignity and display 1 K 1:5; 2 K 5:9; Je 17:25; 22:4; Is 66:20, cf. Gn 50:9 (J), (cf. also 1 K 9:19, 22; 10:26, etc.); fig. of Elijah, ר׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפָרָשָׁיו 2 K 2:12, of Elisha 13:14; רֶכֶב אֵשׁ 2 K 2:11 chariotry of fire (at Elijah’s translation); ר׳ אֵל ψ 68:18 chariots of Ēl, i.e. his heavenly host, cf. vision 2 K 6:17, and also 7:6; ר׳ meton. for chariot-horses 2 S 8:4 = 1 Ch 18:4. of single chariot 1 K 22:35, 38; 2 K 9:21(×2), 24; 10:16; 2 Ch 35:24, prob. also Ex 14:6; pl. רִכְבֵי פַרְעֹה Ct 1:9. upper millstone (as riding on the lower) Dt 24:6; Ju 9:53; 2 S 11:21. appar. = riders (coll.), troop (of riders): שְׁנֵי רֶכֶב סוּסִים 2 K 7:14 perhaps רֹכְבֵי, cf. 𝔊 and 2 K 9:16 Bur. two riders of horses, horsemen or two chariots drawn by horses (?); in foll. text dub.: ר׳ צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים ר׳ חֲמוֹר ר׳ גָּמָל Is 21:7 riders, viz. a pair of horsemen, ass-riders, camel-riders; cf. ר׳ אִישׁ צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים v 9 i.e. men riding, a pair of horsemen; בְּר׳ אָדָם פָּרָשִׁים 22:6 with riders (consisting of) men, horsemen, but use of אָדָם very improb.; attractive is with chariotry of (drawn by) steeds (א׳ as gloss) Du CheHpt Di-Kit but פ׳ hardly steeds here (cf. פ׳ horsemen, v 7); read perhaps simply בְּר׳ וּפ׳. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 56 of its verses cited, 4 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «רֶכֶב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7393/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Deuteronomy 24:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.24.6/) לֹא־יַחֲבֹ֥ל רֵחַ֖יִם וָרָ֑כֶב כִּי־נֶ֖פֶשׁ ה֥וּא חֹבֵֽל׃ס *Word for word:* not anyone.will.take.as.pledge a.hand-mill and an.upper.millstone (dm) a.life it \[is\].taking.as.pledge *JPS 1917:* No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge. [Psalms 76:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.7/) מִ֭גַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֑ב נִ֝רְדָּ֗ם וְרֶ֣כֶב וָסֽוּס׃ *Word for word:* from rebuke your O.God of.Jacob \[was\].sleeping and chariot and horse *JPS 1917:* At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, they are cast into a dead sleep, the riders also and the horses. - ← previous: [רָכַב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7392.md) - next →: [רֵכָב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7394.md) - ↑ back to [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512-2.md)