Upper Millstone

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׳.

† [טָחַן] vb. grind (NH crush, olives, etc.; Aramaic ܛܚܶܢ, טְחַן grind; Arabic طَحَنَ grind; Ethiopic ጥሕን polenta, farina hordacea)— Qal Pf. וְטָֽחֲנוּ Nu 11:8; Impf. וַיִּטְחַן Ex 32:20; 3 fs. תִּטְחַן Jb 31:10; 2 mpl. תִּטְחָ֑נוּ Is 3:15; Inf. abs. טָחוֹן Dt 9:21; Imv. fs. טַחֲנִי Is 47:2; Pt. טוֹחֵן Ju 16:21; טֹחֲנוֹת Ec 12:3;—grind, the work of women, c. acc., with millstones רֵחַיִם Nu 11:8 (JE; obj. the manna), Is 47:2 (obj. קָ֑מַח), this fig. of humiliation of Babylon; abs. Ju 16:21; תטחן לאחר אשׁתי Jb 31:10, i.e. serve him as his slave; no obj. expr. Ex 32:20 (E), Dt 9:21 (of golden calf); הַטֹּחֲנוֹת Ec 12:3 = the teeth (cf. Arabic طَوَاحِنُ molar teeth; so in Lexx Syriac ܛܰܚܳܢܴ̈ܬܳܐ, ܛܰܚ̈ܢܳܝܳܬܳܐ); פְּנֵי עֲנִיִּים ט׳ Is 3:15 the face of the poor ye grind, fig. of extreme oppression.

μύλος [ῠ], ὁ, ={μύλη}, mill, LXX+1st c.AD+; μ. καβαλλαρικὸς ἐν λίθοις, μ. ὀνικός, μ. ὑδραλετικός, Refs __2 millstone, PCair. Zen.355.84 (uncertain, NT+3rd c.BC+: generally, stone, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 grinder, molar, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II poetry for μύλλος (which see), Refs 2nd c.AD+ __III ={μύλη} IV, Refs 1st c.AD+ see at {ἐμυλώθη}, Refs 5th c.AD+

† [רֵחֶה] n.[m.], only du. רֵחַיִם (hand-)mill (prob. = 8);—ר׳ abs., common household utensil, turned by maids, Ex 11:5 (הָרֵחָ֑יִם; J), female slaves Is 47:2 (c. טָחַן, q.v.); טָחַן בָּר׳ Nu 11:8 (J); ר׳ וָרָ֑כֶב Dt 24:6 (v. רכב); קוֹל ר׳ as sound of family life Je 25:10.

μῠλ-ικός, ή, όν, (μύλη Refs for a mill, λίθος NT __II (μύλη V) of or for the grinders, ἡ μ. (i.e. ἔμπλαστρος) remedy for toothache, Refs 2nd c.AD+

† טְחוֹן n.[m.] grinding-mill, hand-mill; only בַּחוּרִים ט׳ נָשָׂ֑אוּ La 5:13 the young men have borne the mill (i.e. been compelled to bear it).

† טַחֲנָה n.f. mill = foregoing, בִּשְׁפַל קוֹל הַטּ׳ Ec 12:4 when the sound of the mill is low (cf. v 3, sub vb. supr.)

† עֱלִי n. [m.] pestle (as instrument above the mortar);—Pr 27:22.