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);— 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.;— 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. 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. 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. 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;— 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. cause to draw (plough, etc.) Ho 10:11, obj. Ephr. under fig. of heifer. fig. (עַל־הַקֶשֶׁת) הַרְכֵּב יָֽדְךָ 2 K 13:16(×2) cause hand to ride upon (grasp) bow.