H7393. rekeb

רֶ֫כֶב‎ noun masculine^{2 Kings 13:7} [even Nahum 2:5, where read מַרְאֵיהֶם‎ (for הֶן‎-) We Now Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 90}] chariotry, chariot, mill-stone; apparently also riders (compare Lag^{BN 151}); — absolute ׳ר‎ Genesis 50:9 +, רָ֑כֶב‎ 2 Samuel 8:4 +; construct דֶכֶב‎ Exodus 14:9 +; suffix דִכְבִּי‎ Judges 4:7 +, רִכְבּוֺ‎ 2 Kings 5:9 +, דִכְבָּהּ‎ Nahum 2:14; plural construct רִכְבֵי‎ Song of Solomon 1:9; — Hosea 10:13 see below; —

1₁₀₉ collective chariotry, chariots [sometimes of specific no. 2 Kings 13:7; 2 Samuel 8:4; Exodus 14:7 etc.; often + מָּרָשִׁים‎, (ים‎) סוּס‎], especially war-chariots : in Egypt 14:7 (J), Joshua 24:6 (E) +; early Canaan 11:4; Judges 4:7, 13; 5:28 (not singular; "" מַרְכְּבוֺתָיו‎) +, called ׳ר כַּרְוֶל‎ (i.e. iron-bound, or studded, compare GFM^{1:2 19and references}), Joshua 17:16, 18; Judges 1:19; 4:3, 13 ; Philistine, according to 1 Samuel 13:5; 2 Samuel 1:6; Aram 8:4; 10:18 +; Judah and Israel (from David's time, compare 8:4) 1 Kings 9:19, 22; 10:26 +, read also בְּרִכְבְּךָ‎ Hosea 10:13 (for בְּדַרְכְּךָ‎) ᵐ5‎^B We Now GASm; Assyria 2 Kings 19:23 = Isaiah 37:24; Nahum 2:4; 2:5; Nahum 2:14 (to be burnt; made mainly of wood); Babylon Jeremiah 47:3 (on title 47:1, see Gf Gie), 50:37; 51:21; Ezekiel 23:24 +, etc.; for dignity and display 1 Kings 1:5; 2 Kings 5:9; Jeremiah 17:25; 22:4; Isaiah 66:20, compare Genesis 50:9 (J), (compare also 1 Kings 9:19, 22; 10:26, etc.); figurative of Elijah, ׳ר וּפָרָשׁיו יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ 2 Kings 2:12, of elisha 13:14; אֵשׁ רֶכֶב‎ 2:11 chariotry of fire (at Elijah's translation); ׳ר אֵל‎ Psalm 68:18 chariots of El, i.e. his heavenly host, compare vision 2 Kings 6:17, and also 7:6; ׳ר‎ meton, for chariot-horses 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4.

2 of single chariot 1 Kings 22:35, 38; 2 Kings 9:21 (twice in verse); 9:24; 10:16; 2 Chronicles 35:24, probably also Exodus 14:6; plural פַרְעֹה רִכְבֵי‎ Song of Solomon 1:9.

3 upper millstone (as riding on the lower) Deuteronomy 24:6; Judges 9:53; 2 Samuel 11:21.

4 apparently = riders (collective), troop (of riders): סוּסִים רֶכֶב שְׁנֵי‎ 2 Kings 7:14 **read perhaps רֹכְבֵי‎, compare ᵐ5‎ and 9:16 Bur.; two riders of horses, horsemen (ro two chariots drawn by horses ?); in following text dubious: ׳ד ר פָרָשִׁים ׳צֶמֶד ר ׳חֲמוֺר גָּמֶל‎ Isaiah 21:7 riders, namely a pair of horsemen, ass-riders, camel-rides; compare ׳ר מָּרָשִׁים צֶמֶד אִישׁ‎ 21:9 i.e. men riding, a pair of horsemen; ׳בְּד מָּרָשִׁים אָדָם‎ 22:6 with riders (consisting of) men, horsemen, but use of אָדָם‎ very improbable; attractive is with chariotry of (drawn by) steeds (׳א‎ as gloss) Du Che^Hpt Di-Kit but ׳פ‎ hardly steeds here (compare ׳פ‎ horsemen, 22:7); read perhaps simply ׳בְּר ׳וּפ‎.