Chariots and Wagons

רֶ֫כֶב120 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.;— 1. 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. †2. 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. †3. upper millstone (as riding on the lower) Dt 24:6; Ju 9:53; 2 S 11:21. 4. 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׳.

† רָכַב vb. mount and ride, ride (NH = BH; Assyrian rakâbu, Arabic رَكِبَ,, Aramaic רְכֵיב, ܪܟܶܒ, all id.; cf. Zinj. רכב war-chariot, n.pr. div. רכבאל (Cook108); Sab. רכבהו = his rider MordtmHim. Inschr. 25 (of horse; but his trappings CISiv. no. 306, 5); Ethiopic ረከበ: is attain, acquire);— Qal Pf. 3 ms. ר׳ Est 6:8; 2 ms. רָכַבְתָּ Nu 22:30; 3 pl. רָֽכְבוּ 1 S 30:17; Impf. 3 ms. יִרְכַּב Lv 15:9, etc.; Imv. ms. רְכַב ψ 45:5; Inf. cstr. לִרְכֹּב 2 S 16:2 2 K 4:24; Pt. act. רֹכֵב abs. Nu 22:22 +, cstr. Am 2:15; sf. רֹכְבוֹ Gn 49:17 +; fs. abs. רֹכֶ֫בֶת 1 S 25:30; mpl. רֹכְבִים 2 K 9:25 +, etc.;— 1. mount, mount and sit, or ride, c. עַל of camel Gn 24:61 (J), 1 S 30:17, of ass (חֲמוֹר) 1 S 25:42; 25:20 2 S 16:2 (עַל obj. om.), 19:27 1 K 13:13, of mule (פֶּרֶד) 2 S 13:29; abs. of mounting (and riding in) chariot 1 K 18:45 2 K 9:16. 2. ride, be riding, c. עַל of mule (פֶּרֶד) 2 S 18:9, of ass, אָתוֹן Nu 22:22 (J), so (עַל obj. om.) 2 K 4:24, of חֲמוֹר Zc 9:9, of horse Zc 1:8; c. עַל־מֶרְכָּב (v מ׳) Lv 15:9; c. ב of animal (בְּהֵמָה) Ne 2:12; ב of chariotry and horses Je 17:25 = 22:4; abs. (perhaps in chariot) ψ 45:5 ride on! ride (habitually) c. עַל of אָתוֹן Nu 22:30 (J), of עֲיָרִים Ju 10:4; 12:14, of סוּם Ho 14:4 (fig. of alliance with Egypt), Je 6:23; 50:42 Est 6:8, Hb 3:8 (fig. of י׳; poss. add sf. ref. to יָם, cf. Dt 33:26), עַל־קַל (‖ סוּם) Is 30:16; of י׳, עַל־כְּרוּב 2 S 22:11 = ψ 18:11, עַל־עָב קַל Is 19:1, c. acc. שָׁמַיִם ride through Dt 33:26, but also c. ב loc. in, through, ψ 68:5, 34. 3. pt. רֹכֵב etc., as subst., rider: רֹכְבֵי אֲתֹנוֹת Ju 5:10; ר׳ (ה)סוּם Am 2:15 2 K 9:18, 19 Ez 23:23; 38:15 Zc 10:5, so (appos. פָּרָשִׁים) Ez 23:6, 12; sf. of סוּם Gn 49:17 Ex 15:1, 21 Je 51:21a Zc 12:4 Jb 39:18 Hg 2:22b; עַל of סוּם 2 K 18:23 = Is 36:8; רֹכְבֵי רֶכֶשׁ Est 8:10, 14; sf. of chariot Je 51:21 b Hg 2:22. Hiph. Pf. 2 ms. הִרְכַּבְתָּ ψ 66:12, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. וַיַּרְכֵּב Gn 41:43 2 K 13:16, sf. יַרְכִּבֵהוּ Dt 32:13, etc.; Imv. ms. הַרְכֵּב 2 K 13:16;— 1. cause to (mount and) ride: c. acc. pers. + עַל of חֲמוֹר Ex 4:20 (J), of פִּרְדָּה 1 K 1:33, 38, 44, of סוּם Est 6:9, cf. (עַל־סוּם om.) v 11; c. acc. pers. + ב of chariot Gn 41:43 (E), 2 K 10:16; ב of chariot om. 2 K 9:28; 23:30 = (c. עֶל־רֶכֶב) 2 Ch 35:24; fig. Jb 30:22 (sc. on the wind); c. acc. rei + אֶל־עֲגָלָה 2 S 6:3 = 1 Ch 13:7; fig., c. acc. pers. + עַל loc. (על־במותי ארץ) Dt 32:13 so Is 58:14, + לְרֹאשֵׁנוּ ψ 66:12 over our heads. 2. cause to draw (plough, etc.) Ho 10:11, obj. Ephr. under fig. of heifer. 3. fig. (עַל־הַקֶשֶׁת) הַרְכֵּב יָֽדְךָ 2 K 13:16(×2) cause hand to ride upon (grasp) bow.

† מֶרְכָּבָה n.f. chariot;—abs. מ׳ Ju 4:15 +, cstr. מִרְכֶּ֫בֶת †Gn 41:43; sf. מֶרְכַּבְתּוֹ 46:29 +; pl. מַרְכָּבוֹת Zc 6:1 +; cstr. מַרְכְּבוֹת 2 K 23:11 +, -בֹת Ex 15:4; sf. מַרְכְּבֹתֶיךָ Mi 5:10; Hb 3:8, etc.;—chariot (often ‖ סוּס(ים), 1 S 8:11 פָרָשִׁים): especially war-chariot, Egypt., Ex 14:25 (J), 15:4 (song), 2 Ch 14:8; from Muṣri in N. Syriac (according to Wkl., v. מצרים ad fin., cf. Kit 1 K 10:28 Benz1b.) 1 K 10:29 = 2 Ch 1:17; Can., Jos 11:6, 9 (JE), Ju 4:15 (‖ רֶכֶב), 5:28 (‖ id.); Assyrian, Is 2:7; Na 3:2; foe from north Je 4:13, nations in gen. Hg 2:22; Isr. and Jud. 1 K 20:33; 22:35 = 2 Ch 18:34; 2 K 9:27; 10:15; 2 Ch 35:24; Mi 5:10; fig. of י׳’s chariots Is 66:15; Hb 3:8, cf. (in vision) Zc 6:1, 2(×2), 3(×2); מ׳ for dignity and display Gn 41:43 (E), 46:29 (J), 1 S 8:11(×2); 2 S 15:1; 2 K 5:21, 26, מַרְכְּבוֹת כְּבוֹדֶ֑ךָ Is 22:18 (iron.); used in flight 1 K 12:18 = 2 Ch 10:18, Mi 1:13; מַרְכְּבוֹת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ 2 K 23:11 (idolatrous); הַמּ׳ הַכְּרוּבִים (read מִרְכֶּבֶת הַכּ׳, 𝔊 Benz) 1 Ch 28:18 (on this conception of cherubim in temple v. Benz); מ׳ in similes: כְּמַעֲשֵׂה אוֹפַן הַמּ׳ 1 K 7:33, כְּקוֹל מ׳ Jo 2:5; obscure מַר׳ עַמִּי נָדִיב Ct 6:12 chariots of my people, a prince (?)—בֵּית מַרְכָּבוֹת v. p. 112.

† עֲגָלָה n.f. cart (from rolling of wheels; NH id.; Ph. (Pu.) עגלת (?) Lzb336; Aramaic עֲגַלְתָּא, ܥܳܓܶܠܬܳܐ; Sem. loan-word in Egyptian āgartȧ Bondi38, ʿagolt ErmanEgyptian 491; cf. also WilkinsonAnc. Egypt. (1878), i. 223–241, especially 235, also 249 (illustr. vehicles drawn by cattle, cf. 1 S 6:7 Nu 7:3));—abs. ע׳ 1 S 6:7 +, sf. עֶגְלָתוֹ Is 28:28; pl. עֲגָלוֹת Gn 45:19 +; cstr. עֶגְלֹת Nu 7:3;—cart, used for transporting persons and things Gn 45:19, 21, 27; 46:5 (E), 1 S 6:7(×2), 8, 10, 11, 14(×2), 2 S 6:3(×2) = 1 Ch 13:7(×2); Nu 7:3 (ע׳ צָב covered carts), v 3, 6, 7, 8 (P); in sim. Am 2:13, עֲבוֹת הַע׳ Is 5:18 cart-rope, אוֹפַן ע׳ 28:27 of (threshing-) wagon (cf. DrAm. p. 228), גִּלְגַּל ע׳ v 28 id.;—ע׳ = warchariots only ψ 46:10 (Du transport-wagons).

† רֵכָב n.pr.m. (bond of riders? cf. Arabic رِكَابٌ camels used in journeying);— 1. Ρηχαβ: a. in יְהוֹנָדָב בֶּן־ר׳ (Jehu’s time, v. יְהו׳) 2 K 10:15, 23, whose descendants [or, the members of whose society, RSK 15, yet v NöZMG xl (1886), 171] were contemp. with Jerem., Je 35:6, 8, 14, 16, 19; 1 Ch 2:55 הַקִּינִים (v. קֵינִי) are said to be descended from Ḥammath, אֲבִי בֵית־רֵכָב.—On the asceticism of diff. tribes cf. Diodxix. 94 (Nabataeans), PalmerDesert 432 (Kheibarí Jews in Arabia); v. also BertholStellung Isr. zu d. Fremden 80. b. (perhaps = a, so EMeyEntstehung 147) in מַלְכִּיָּה בֶן־ר׳ Ne 3:14. 2. in Benjamin, 2 S 4:2 (Ρηχαβ), v 5, 6, 9 (Ρεκχα; A 𝔊L Ρηχαβ in all).

ἅρμα, ατος, τό, chariot, especially war-chariot, Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to ἁρμάμαξα (which see); also, racing-chariot drawn by horses, opposed to ὄχημα (a mule-car), Refs 5th c.BC+; travelling-chariot, NT __2 chariot and horses, yoked chariot, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἅ. τετράορον, τέτρωρον, Refs 5th c.BC+ of three goddesses, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 team, chariot-horses, ἅρμασιν ἐνδίδωσι κέντρονRefs 5th c.BC+; ἅρματα τρέφειν keep chariot-horses for racing, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἅρματος τροφεύς Refs 5th c.BC+ __4 metaphorically, ἅ. θαλάσσης a ship, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II a mountain district in Attica, where omens from lightning were watched for: hence proverbial, ὁπόταν δἰ Ἅρματος ἀστράψη, i.e. seldom or never, Refs 1st c.BC+; δι᾽ Ἅρματος alone, Refs 1st c.AD+ __III Refs 4th c.BC+ name for unity, Refs

† רֶ֫כֶשׁ 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.

† מֶרְכָּב n.m. Lv 15, 9 chariot, riding-seat (proposes riding-place);— 1. chariot (= foll.), sf. סוּסִים לְמֶרְכָּבוֹ 1 K 5:6. 2. abs. מ׳, prob. saddle Lv 15:9 (P). 3. מֶרְכָּבוֹ seat of litter Ct 3:10.

ῥαῖδ-α, ἡ, = Latin rhaeda, Refs: genitive plural written ῥεδῶν (variant{ῥαιδῶν}) in NT

† אַפִּרְיוֹן n.[m.] sedan, litter, palanquin (so NH; origin dub.; no plausible Shemitic etymol.; perhaps (so RS in YuleGloss. of Anglo-Indian Words, 502) Skr. paryaṅka, litter-bed, ‘palankeen;’ perhaps (if poem be late) Gr. φορεῖον;—𝔊 has φορεῖον, 𝔙 ferculum, Syriac ܦܽܘܪܝܳܐ (and ܦܽܘܪܝܳܐ) PS3073; Sota 9:14 and Talm אַפִּרְיוֹן, Talm also פּוֹרְיָא and פּוֹרְיוֹן, LevyNHWB i. 150, iv. 17.) Ct 3:9 א׳ עָשָׂה לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה.

† [רְכוּב] n.[m.] chariot (BaNB 85);—sf. הַשָּׂם עָבִים רְכוּבוֹ ψ 104:3 (of י׳).