מֶרְכָּב
merkav · saddle, seat
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4817 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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merkav (מֶרְכָּב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “saddle, seat”.
A saddle or seat on which someone rides; also a chariot.
How to say it
mer·kav
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- What is placed on an animal, or in a litter, for riding seated.
- War vehicles drawn by horses.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- chariots ×1
- saddle ×1
- seat ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 15:9
And any saddle on which the man with the discharge rides shall be unclean.
- 1 Kings 4:26
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
- Song of Songs 3:10
Its pillars he made of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple, its interior embroidered with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.