רכב

Cognate with Arabic رَكِبَ (rakiba, “to embark”) and Ugaritic 𐎗𐎋𐎁 (rkb, “to ride, to mount”).

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛχɛv/ [ˈʀ̟ɛː.χɛv]

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רֶכֶב • (rékhev) m (plural indefinite רְכָבִים, Biblical Hebrew pausal form רָכֶב)

1. vehicle, chariot
   • Tanach, Exodus 14:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיִּקַּח שֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת רֶכֶב בָּחוּר וְכֹל רֶכֶב מִצְרָיִם וְשָׁלִשִׁם עַל־כֻּלּוֹ׃

     vay-yiqqáḥ shesh meót rékhev baḥúr v-khol rékhev mitsráyim v-shalishím 'al kulló

     And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.

2. (archaic, by extension) A team (of horses or the like)
   • Tanach, Isaiah 21:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְרָאָה רֶכֶב צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים רֶכֶב חֲמוֹר רֶכֶב גָּמָל וְהִקְשִׁיב קֶשֶׁב רַב־קָשֶׁב׃

     v-ra'á rékhev tsémed parashím rékhev ḥamór rékhev gamál v-hiqshív qéshev rav qáshev

     And when he seeth a troop, horsemen by pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.

3. (archaic, by extension) Cavalry.
4. (by analogy) A rider: an upper millstone.
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 24:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     לֹא־יַחֲבֹל רֵחַיִם וָרָכֶב כִּי־נֶפֶשׁ הוּא חֹבֵל׃

     lo yaḥavól reḥáyim va-ráḥev ki néfesh hu ḥovél

     No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

• כְּלִי רֶכֶב (k'lí rékhev)

• H7393 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

רָכַב • (rakháv) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to ride (a horse or the like)

• H7392 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

• ברך, ר־כ־ב