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title: רֶכֶשׁ — steeds · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֶכֶשׁ (7409), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: steeds. BDB 1906: n.m. coll. steeds. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֶכֶשׁ

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«רֶכֶשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **steeds** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 7409 · **BDB:** רֶ֫כֶשׁ

### Glosses

steed\[s\] (2); the.steed\[s\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

steeds [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7409/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. coll. steeds [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7409/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Est 8, 10 coll. steeds (connex. with √ dub.);—abs. ר׳ Mi 1:13 +, רָ֑כֶשׁ 1 K 5:8;—+ סוּסִים 1 K 5:8, harnessed to chariot Mi 1:13, ridden Est 8:10 (+ סוּסִים; defined as בְּנֵי הָרַמָּכִים), v 14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֶכֶשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7409/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Micah 1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.1.13/)

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רְתֹ֧ם הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֛ה לָרֶ֖כֶשׁ יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת לָכִ֑ישׁ רֵאשִׁ֨ית חַטָּ֥את הִיא֙ לְבַת־צִיּ֔וֹן כִּי־בָ֥ךְ נִמְצְא֖וּ פִּשְׁעֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* harness the chariot to the steed\[s\] O.inhabitant\[s\] of.Lachish \[was.the\].beginning of.sin it for the.daughter of.Zion (dm) in you they.were.found the.transgressions of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* Bind the chariots to the swift steeds, O inhabitant of Lachish; she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel are found in thee.

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[Esther 8:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.14/)

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הָרָצִ֞ים רֹכְבֵ֤י הָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ הָֽאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔ים יָֽצְא֛וּ מְבֹהָלִ֥ים וּדְחוּפִ֖ים בִּדְבַ֣ר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְהַדָּ֥ת נִתְּנָ֖ה בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן הַבִּירָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* the runners \[who\].rode of the.steed\[s\] (the) royal they.went.out hastened and hurried at the.word of the.king and the law it.was.given in Susa the citadel

*JPS 1917:* So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king's service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the castle.

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