מֶרְכָּבָה
merkâbâh · mer-kaw-baw'
a chariot
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H4817 (מֶרְכָּב);
a chariot
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: chariot. See also H1024 (בֵּית הַמַּרְכָּבוֹת).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › the open hand that covers › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of the open hand that covers of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מֶרְכָּבָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
44 occurrences · 44 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- chariot5 · 14%
- chariots4 · 11%
- their chariots2 · 6%
- to his chariot2 · 6%
- in his chariot2 · 6%
- the chariots2 · 6%
- his chariot1 · 3%
- their chariot1 · 3%
- off his chariot1 · 3%
- of his chariots1 · 3%
- them for himself, for his chariots1 · 3%
- his chariots1 · 3%
- him chariots1 · 3%
- of a chariot1 · 3%
- and a chariot1 · 3%
- into the chariot1 · 3%
- from the chariot1 · 3%
- again from his chariot1 · 3%
- him also in the chariot1 · 3%
- to him into the chariot1 · 3%
- of the chariot1 · 3%
- a chariot1 · 3%
- and chariots1 · 3%
- him out of that chariot1 · 3%
- me like the chariots1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.