מֶרְכָּב

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

Used: 3 times · Key: 4817 · BDB: מֶרְכָּב²

Glosses

chariotry (1); saddle (1); seat (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

chariot tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. chariot, riding-seat tree →

The whole BDB entry

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

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מֶרְכָּב» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Leviticus 15:9

וְכָל־הַמֶּרְכָּ֗ב אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִרְכַּ֥ב עָלָ֛יו הַזָּ֖ב יִטְמָֽא׃

Word for word: and every (the) saddle which he.will.ride on it the.[one] discharging it.will.be.unclean

JPS 1917: And what saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean.

1 Kings 5:6

וַיְהִ֣י לִשְׁלֹמֹ֗ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף אֻרְוֺ֥ת סוּסִ֖ים לְמֶרְכָּב֑וֹ וּשְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף פָּרָשִֽׁים׃

Word for word: and it.belonged to Solomon forty thousand stalls of.horses for chariotry his and two.plus ten thousand horsemen

JPS 1917: And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

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